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"Yes; feel it," said the mole. "It is a very handsome fur; and I can tell you something about it which is curious." YES FEEL IT SAID THE MOLE IT IS VERY HANDSOME FOR AND I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHICH IS CURIOUS
?” “I don’t know,” said Tommy Smith, “but, you know, the rat is not so very big.” “He is as big as he requires to be, I suppose,” said the mole, “and so am I. I have never felt too small in all my life, and I wonder that you should think me so. Why, look at those great hills of earth which I have flung up all over the fields. I am big enough to have made those, anyhow, and strong enough too. And look, how large and high they are.” “But are they so very high?” said Tommy Smith. “Why, I step over them quite easily.” “Dear me, that seems very wonderful,” said the mole. “But I advise you not to do it often, for it must be a great exertion, and you might hurt yourself. But you must not think that because _you_ are very big, _I_ am very small. That would be very conceited.” Tommy Smith saw that he had not said the right thing, so he tried to think of something to say that the mole would like better. “Oh,” he said at last, “what a very pretty, soft coat you have! I like it very much, indeed.” HE SHREW MOUSE YOU DON'T EXPECT ME TO BE AS BIG AS THE RAT DO YOU I DON'T KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT YOU KNOW THE RAT IS NOT SO VERY BIG HE IS AS BIG AS HE REQUIRES TO BE I SUPPOSE SAID THE MOLE AND SO AM I I HAVE NEVER FELT TOO SMALL IN ALL MY LIFE AND I WONDER THAT YOU SHOULD THINK ME SO WHY LOOK AT THOSE GREAT HILLS OF EARTH WHICH I HAVE FLUNG UP ALL OVER THE FIELDS I AM BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE MADE THOSE ANYHOW AND STRONG ENOUGH TOO AND LOOK HOW LARGE AND HIGH THEY ARE BUT ARE THEY SO VERY HIGH SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY I STEP OVER THEM QUITE EASILY DEAR ME THAT SEEMS VERY WONDERFUL SAID THE MOLE AND I ADVISE YOU NOT TO DO IT OFTEN FOR IT MUST BE A GREAT EXERTION AND YOU MIGHT HURT YOURSELF BUT YOU MUST NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY BIG I AM VERY SMALL THAT WOULD BE VERY CONCEITED TOMMY SMITH SAW THAT HE HAD NOT SAID THE RIGHT THING SO HE TRIED TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO SAY THAT THE MOLE WOULD LIKE BETTER OH HE SAID AT LAST WHAT A VERY PRETTY SOFT COAT YOU HAVE I LIKE IT VERY MUCH INDEED
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