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"Begin!" said the king; and every rat made a leap forward, and fixed his teeth into the first piece of bread, or cheese, or toast, or bacon, that he could get hold of, and there was _such_ a noise of nibbling, and gnawing, and scratching, and squeaking. BEGIN SAID THE KING AND EVERY RAT MADE A LEAP FORWARD AND FIXED HIS TEETH INTO THE FIRST PIECE OF BREAD CHEESE TOAST OR BACON THAT HE COULD GET HOLD OF AND THERE WAS SUCH A NOISE OF NIBBLING AND GNAWING AND SCRATCHING AND SQUEAKING
. Then the king of the rats waved his sceptre three times round his head, and called out, “Supper.” 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. One rat seized something in his fore-paws and passed it on to another, and that one to the next, so quickly that it made Tommy Smith quite giddy to look at it; and he hardly knew what was happening, till all at once there was an immense heap of provisions piled up in the very centre of the floor. Then the king of the rats climbed up to the top of the heap, and called out, “Take your places,” and in a moment all the other rats came scampering up, and sat in a large circle round the great heap of provisions. IDE 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 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 ONE RAT SEIZED SOMETHING IN HIS FORE PAWS AND PASSED IT TO THE OTHER AND THAT ONE TO THE NEXT SO QUICKLY THAT IT MADE TOMMY SMITH QUITE GIDDY TO LOOK AT IT AND HE HARDLY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TILL ALL AT ONCE THERE WAS AN IMMENSE HEAP OF PROVISIONS PILED UP IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE FLOOR THEN THE KING OF THE RATS CLIMBED UP TO THE TOP OF THE HEAP AND CALLED OUT TAKE YOUR PLACES AND IN THAT MOMENT ALL THE OTHER RATS BEGAN SCAMPERING UP AND SAT IN A LARGE CIRCLE AROUND THE GREAT HEAP OF PROVISIONS
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