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"Oh, do you?" said the rat, for he had come out of his hole again. "Then just let me ask you one question. Who laid that egg?" OH DO YOU SAID THE RAT FOR HE HAD COME OUT OF HIS HOLE AGAIN THEN JUST LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION WHO LAID THE EGG
t an egg? Yes, indeed it was; and he was holding it very tightly with all his four feet, so that it was pressed up against his body, and didn’t slip at all. Tommy Smith could hardly believe his eyes. “Is that how you do it?” he cried. “I see. One rat holds the egg, and the other pulls him along by the tail.” “Of course he does,” said the rat. “He pulls him and the egg too.” “_Well_,” Tommy Smith said, “of all the clever things I have _ever_ seen, I think that is the cleverest. But where are you going with it?” Yes, it was easy to ask, but there was no one to answer him; for both the little rats were gone all of a sudden,—and, what is more, the egg was gone too. “That will be one egg less for breakfast,” thought Tommy Smith to himself. “I wonder that I didn’t think of that before. Ah, Mr. Rat,” he called out, “you may be very clever, but you are a thief, for all that. That egg which you have just taken away belongs to me. I mean it belongs to my father and mother. I call that stealing.” G WHICH THE RAT WHO WAS BEING DRAGGED ALONG WAS HOLDING WAS IT AN EGG YES INDEED IT WAS AND HE WAS HOLDING IT VERY TIGHTLY WITH ALL FOUR FEET SO THAT IT WAS PRESSED AGAINST HIS BODY AND DIDN'T SLIP AT ALL TOMMY SMITH COULD HARDLY BELIEVE HIS EYES IS THAT HOW YOU DO IT HE CRIED I SEE ONE RAT HOLDS THE EGG AND THE OTHER PULLS HIM ALONG BY THE TAIL OF COURSE HE DOES SAID THE RAT HE PULLS HIM AND THE EGG TOO WELL TOMMY SMITH SAID OF ALL THE CLEVER THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN I THINK THAT IS THE CLEVEREST BUT WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH IT YES IT WAS EASY TO ASK BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO ANSWER HIM FOR BOTH THE LITTLE RATS WERE GONE ALL OF A SUDDEN AND WHAT WAS MORE THE EGG WAS GONE TOO THAT WILL BE ONE EGG LESS FOR BREAKFAST THOUGHT TOMMY SMITH TO HIMSELF I WONDER THAT I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT BEFORE AH MISTER RAT HE CALLED OUT YOU MAY BE VERY CLEVER BUT YOU ARE A THIEF FOR ALL THAT THAT EGG WHICH YOU HAVE JUST TAKEN AWAY BELONGS TO ME I MEAN IT BELONGS TO MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER I CALL THAT STEALING
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