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Immediately all kinds of things that are good for rats to eat, such as bits of cheese, scraps of bread or toast, beans, onions, bacon, potatoes, apples, biscuits,—everything of that kind that you can possibly think of (besides _some_ things that you _can't_ possibly think of), began to pour out from all the great caves, and to fly like lightning from rat to rat down all the long lines. IMMEDIATELY ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR RATS EAT SUCH AS BITS OF CHEESE SCRAPS OF BREAD OR TOAST BEANS ONIONS BACON POTATOES APPLES BISCUITS ANYTHING OF THAT KIND THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF BESIDES SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY THINK OF BEGAN TO POUR OUT OF THE GREAT CAVES AND TO FLY LIKE LIGHTNING FROM RAT TO RAT DOWN ALL THE LONG LINES
necklace of the finest peas round his neck, from which a lovely green bean hung as a pendant upon his breast, and his tail was twisted into beautiful _rings_. “I am the king of the rats,” he said, “and all the other rats are my subjects. Those great caves which you see in the sides of the mountains are so many passages that lead into all the kitchens of the world. Through them we bring all the good things that we find in the kitchens, and larders, and pantries, and then we feast on them here in our own palace; for a rat’s palace is his store-cupboard. See!” And with this the rat king struck his sceptre on the ground, and at once all the rats left off scampering about, and formed themselves into a great many long lines, which stretched from the mouths of all the caves right into the very middle of that wonderful place. There they all sat upright, side by side, waiting to be told what to do. Then the king of the rats waved his sceptre three times round his head, and called out, “Supper.” ELICATE SPRING ONION HE HAD A NECKLACE OF THE FINEST PEAS AROUND HIS NECK FROM WHICH A LOVELY GREEN BEAN HUNG AS A PENDANT UPON HIS BREAST AND HIS TAIL WAS TWISTED INTO BEAUTIFUL RINGS I AM THE KING OF THE RATS HE SAID AND ALL THE OTHER RATS ARE MY SUBJECTS THOSE GREAT CAVES WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN ARE SO MANY PASSAGES THAT LEAD INTO ALL THE KITCHENS OF THE WORLD THOUGH THEN WE BRING ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE FIND IN THE KITCHENS AND LARDERS AND PANTRIES AND THEN WE FEAST ON THEM HERE IN OUR OWN PALACE FOR A RAT'S PALACE IS HIS STORE CUPBOARD SEE AND WITH THIS THE RAT KING STRUCK HIS SCEPTRE ON THE GROUND AND ALL AT ONCE ALL THE RATS LEFT OFF SCAMPERING ABOUT AND FORMED THEMSELVES INTO A GREAT MANY LONG LINES WHICH STRETCHED FROM THE MOUTH OF ALL THE CAVES RIGHT INTO THE VERY MIDDLE OF THE WONDERFUL PLACE THERE THEY ALL SAT UPRIGHT SIDE BY SIDE WAITING TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO THEN THE KING OF THE RATS WAVED HIS SCEPTRE THREE TIMES ROUND HIS HEAD AND CALLED OUT SUPPER
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