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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." 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
know, lives underneath the ground, and does not often come up to the top of it. So, when he saw a little black thing scrambling about in the grass, he cried out, “Oh! whatever is that?” and ran to it and picked it up. “You won’t _hurt_ me, I know,” said the mole (for it was one)—“and I don’t mind your _looking_ at me.” You see Tommy Smith was getting a much better boy to animals, now that they had told him something about themselves, and the animals were beginning to find this out, and were not so frightened of him as they used to be. Tommy Smith looked at the mole, and stroked it as it lay in his hand, and then he said, “Why, what a funny little black thing you are.” “Little!” said the mole; “I don’t know what you mean by that. I am much bigger than the mouse or the 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 AM NOT SURE IF HE HAD EVER SEEN A MOLE FOR A MOLE AS YOU KNOW LIVES UNDERNEATH THE GROUND AND DOES NOT OFTEN COME UP TO THE TOP OF IT SO WHEN HE SAW A LITTLE BLACK THING SCRAMBLING ABOUT IN THE GRASS HE CRIED OUT OH WHATEVER IS THAT AND HE RAN TO IT AND PICKED IT UP YOU WON'T HURT ME I KNOW SAID THE MOLE FOR IT WAS ONE AND I DON'T MIND YOU LOOKING AT ME YOU SEE TOMMY SMITH WAS GETTING A MUCH BETTER BOY TO ANIMALS NOW THAT THEY HAD TOLD HIM SOMETHING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE ANIMALS WERE BEGINNING TO FIND THIS OUT AND WERE NOT SO FRIGHTENED OF HIM AS THEY USED TO BE TOMMY SMITH LOOKED AT THE MOLE AND STROKED IT AS IT LAY IN HIS HAND AND THEN HE SAID WHY WHAT A FUNNY LITTLE BLACK THING YOU ARE LITTLE SAID THE MOLE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT I AM MUCH BIGGER THAN THE MOUSE OR THE 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
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