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"Oh, but I can see it," said Tommy Smith. "I can always find your fortresses, Mr. Mole. I see lots of them every time I go out walking. They are not hidden at all. Why, there they are all over the field, and you know you told me to look at them yourself." OH BUT I CAN SEE IT SAID TOMMY SMITH I CAN ALWAYS FIND YOUR FORTRESS MISTER MOLE I SEE LOTS OF THEM EVERY TIME I GO OUT WALKING THEY ARE NOT HIDDEN AT ALL WHY THEY ARE THERE ALL OVER THE FIELD AND YOU KNOW YOU TOLD ME TO LOOK AT THEM YOURSELF
 again.” “Perhaps, Mr. Mole,” said Tommy Smith, “as you can’t show me over it, you will tell me what it is like.” “Well,” said the mole, “I will; and perhaps, if you are always a good boy, and _never_ think of wearing a moleskin waistcoat, I will show it you some day from the outside; but that can only be when I have done with it, and am going to build a new one, for I should have to break open the roof for you to see into it. Well, then, the principal part of my palace is called the keep, or fortress,—_I_ call it the fortress. It is very large, and the roof goes up into a beautiful, high dome. You know what a dome is, I suppose?” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith; for once he had been to London, and he remembered the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral. “I wish you could see how high and stately it is,” said the mole. “It goes right up into the bush ever so high.” “You mean ‘into the air,’ I think,” said Tommy Smith. “I mean what I say,” said the mole; “into the bush. That is why you can’t see it.”  YOU WERE ONCE THERE I AM SURE YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO GO BACK AGAIN PERHAPS MISTER MOLE SAID TOMMY SMITH AS YOU CAN'T SHOW ME OVER IT YOU WILL TELL ME WHAT IT IS LIKE WELL SAID THE MOLE I WILL AND PERHAPS IF YOU ARE ALWAYS A GOOD BOY AND NEVER THINK OF WEARING A MOLESKIN WAISTCOAT I WILL SHOW IT YOU SOME DAY FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT THAT CAN ONLY BE WHEN I HAVE DONE WITH IT AND AM GOING TO BUILD A NEW ONE FOR I SHOULD HAVE TO BREAK OPEN THE ROOF FOR YOU TO SEE INTO IT WELL THEN THE PRINCIPAL PART OF MY PALACE IS CALLED THE KEEP OR FORTRESS I CALL IT THE FORTRESS IT IS VERY LARGE AND THE ROOF GOES UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL HIGH DOME YOU KNOW WHAT A DOME IS I SUPPOSE OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR ONCE HE HAD BEEN TO LONDON AND HE REMEMBERED THE DOME OF SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL I WISH YOU COULD SEE HOW HIGH AND STATELY IT IS SAID THE MOLE IT GOES RIGHT UP INTO THE BUSH EVER SO HIGH YOU MEAN INTO THE AIR I THINK SAID TOMMY SMITH I MEAN WHAT I SAY SAID THE MOLE INTO THE BUSH THAT IS WHY YOU CAN'T SEE IT
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