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"I should think so," said the rat, as he drew out his tail, and then, putting the end of it to his mouth, he began to lick off the delicious oil. "You say that I have not a pair of hands," he went on. "That is true, but you see I have a tail, and I make it do just as well." I SHOULD THINK SO SAID THE RAT AS HE DREW OUT HIS TAIL AGAIN AND THEN PUTTING THE END OF IT TO HIS MOUTH HE BEGAN TO LICK OFF THE DELICIOUS OIL YOU SAY THAT I HAVE NOT A PAIR OF HANDS HE WENT ON THAT IS TRUE BUT YOU SEE I HAVE A TAIL AND I MAKE IT DO JUST AS WELL
our what is in it out of it. But you have no hands, and you cannot get your head into it, because the neck is too narrow, and your tongue is not long enough to reach down to where the oil is. So I don’t see what you can do, unless you knock it over.” “Fie!” said the rat again. “Well, you shall soon see what I can do.” And almost as he said this, he was on the dresser, and from there he gave a little jump on to the window-sill, and sat down, with his long tail hanging over the edge of it. Now the neck of the bottle came almost up to the edge of the window-sill, and the rat’s tail was as long as the bottle. “Oh, I see!” cried Tommy Smith. “You will in a minute,” said the rat, and he drew up his tail, and began to feel about with the tip of it till he had got it right inside the mouth of the bottle. Then he let it down again until it was dipped more than an inch deep into the oil at the bottom—for the bottle was not quite half full. “Oh, how clever!” cried Tommy Smith, clapping his hands. IR OF HANDS TO LIFT IT UP WITH AND POUR WHAT IS IN IT OUT OF IT BUT YOU HAVE NO HANDS AND YOU CANNOT GET YOUR HEAD INTO IT BECAUSE THE NECK IS TOO NARROW AND YOUR TONGUE IS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH DOWN TO WHERE THE OIL IS SO I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO UNLESS YOU KNOCK IT OVER FIE SAID THE RAT AGAIN WELL YOU SHALL SOON SEE WHAT I CAN DO AND ALMOST AS HE SAID THIS HE WAS ON THE DRESSER AND FROM THERE HE GAVE A LITTLE JUMP ON TO THE WINDOW SILL AND SAT DOWN WITH HIS LONG TAIL HANGING OVER THE EDGE OF IT NOW THE NECK OF THE BOTTLE CAME ALMOST UP TO THE EDGE OF THE WINDOW SILL AND THE RAT'S TAIL WAS AS LONG AS THE BOTTLE OH I SEE CRIED TOMMY SMITH YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE SAID THE RAT AND HE DREW UP HIS TAIL AND BEGAN TO FEEL ABOUT WITH THE TIP OF IT TILL HE HAD GOT IT RIGHT INSIDE THE MOUTH OF THE BOTTLE THEN HE LET IT DOWN AGAIN UNTIL IT WAS DIPPED MORE THAN AN INCH DEEP INTO THE BOIL AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE BOTTLE WAS NOT QUITE HALF FULL OH HOW CLEVER CRIED TOMMY SMITH CLAPPING HIS HANDS
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