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"That is just what I was going to do," said the mole, "but you ask so many questions, that I am not able to get on. THAT IS JUST WHAT I AM GOING TO DO SAID THE MOLE BUT YOU ASK SO MANY QUESTIONS AND I AM NOT ABLE TO GET ON
 said this, but Tommy Smith didn’t know what for.) “My fur, as you see, is smooth too. If you were to walk down one of my corridors, you would be surprised to find how hard and smooth the sides of it are. That is because I am always running up and down them, and rubbing them with my fur.” “But doesn’t that make you very dirty?” said Tommy Smith. “Surely the earth must get into your fur and stay there.” “It _never_ stays there,” said the mole with great pride. “I have a very strong muscle which runs all along my back just under the skin, and when I twitch that, every little piece of mould or earth that is in my fur flies out of it again. There! now I have twitched it. Look at me and see how clean I am, although I have only just come out of the ground. Oh no; there is never anything in _my_ coat! It is a saying in our family that a mole _may_ live in the dirt, but he is never _dirty_.” “That seems very funny,” said Tommy Smith. “But tell me some more about the fortress that you live in.”  THAT TO A PIECE OF WASH LEATHER HE LAUGHED AGAIN AS HE SAID THIS BUT TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T KNOW WHAT FOR MY FUR AS YOU SEE IS SMOOTH IF YOU WERE TO WALK DOWN ONE OF MY CORRIDORS YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND HOW HARD AND SMOOTH THE SIDES OF IT ARE THAT IS BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THEM AND RUBBING THEM WITH MY FUR BUT DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU VERY DIRTY SAID TOMMY SMITH SURELY THE EARTH MUST GET INTO YOUR FUR AND STAY THERE IT NEVER STAYS THERE SAID THE MOLE WITH GREAT PRIDE I HAVE A VERY STRONG MUSCLE WHICH RUNS ALL ALONG MY BACK JUST UNDER THE SKIN AND WHEN I TWITCH THAT EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF MOULD OR EARTH THAT IS IN MY FUR FLIES OUT OF IT AGAIN THERE NOW I HAVE TWITCHED IT LOOK AT ME AND SEE HOW CLEAN I AM ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY JUST COME OUT OF THE GROUND OH NO THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING IN MY COAT IT IS A SAYING IN OUR FAMILY THAT A MOLE MAY LIVE IN THE DIRT BUT HE IS NEVER DIRTY THAT SEEMS VERY FUNNY SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT TELL ME SOME MORE ABOUT THE FORTRESS THAT YOU LIVE IN
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