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But look and feel as he might, it was no use, he couldn't find the eyes anywhere. But, just as he was going to give up trying, all at once he thought he saw two little black things hardly so big as the head of a small black pin. BUT LOOK AND FEEL AS HE MIGHT IT WAS NO USE HE COULDN'T FIND THE EYES ANYWHERE BUT JUST AS HE WAS GOING TO GIVE UP TRYING ALL AT ONCE HE THOUGHT HE SAW TWO LITTLE BLACK THINGS HARDLY SO BIG AS THE HEAD OF A SMALL BLACK PIN
 they are not _moles_, and they none of them know how to dig.” “Oh, but the rabbit”— “The rabbit, indeed!” cried the mole very indignantly. “Why, what can _he_ do? He can just make a clumsy hole, and that is all. He is a mere labourer; and I hope you do not compare him with a real artist like myself.” “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith; but he thought the mole was very conceited. “Not that it is his fault,” the mole continued. “Of course, he cannot be expected to make such wonderful places as I do. After all, what has he got to dig with? His feet are only paws, they are not spades, as mine are; and then he has two great big eyes for the dirt to get into, which must be a great inconvenience to him.” “But haven’t you eyes, too, Mrs. Mole?” asked Tommy Smith. “Would you like to try and find them?” answered the mole. “You may, if you like.” So Tommy Smith knelt down on the ground and began to look all about where he thought the mole’s eyes were likely to be, and to feel with his fingers in the fur. MAY BE ALL VERY WELL IN THEIR WAY SHE WENT ON AFTER A PAUSE BUT THEY ARE NOT MOLES AND THEN NONE OF THEM KNOW HOW TO DIG OH BUT THE RABBIT THE RABBIT INDEED CRIED THE MOLE VERY INDIGNANTLY WHY WHAT CAN HE DO HE CAN JUST MAKE A CLUMSY HOLE AND THAT IS ALL HE IS A MERE LABORER AND I HOPE YOU DO NOT COMPARE HIM WITH A REAL ARTIST LIKE MYSELF OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT HE THOUGHT THE MOLE WAS VERY CONCEITED NOT THAT IT IS HIS FAULT THE MOLE CONTINUED OF COURSE HE CANNOT EXPECT TO MAKE SUCH WONDERFUL PALACES AS I DO AFTER ALL WHAT HAS HE GOT TO DIG WITH HIS FEET ARE ONLY PAWS THEY ARE NOT SPADES AS MINE ARE AND THEN HE HAS TWO GREAT BIG EYES FOR THE DIRT TO GET INTO WHICH MUST BE A GREAT INCONVENIENCE TO HIM BUT HAVEN'T YOU EYES TOO MISSUS MOLE ASKED TOMMY SMITH WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AND FIND THEM ANSWERED THE MOLE YOU MAY IF YOU LIKE SO TOMMY SMITH KNELT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND BEGAN TO LOOK ALL ABOUT WHERE HE THOUGHT THE MOLE'S EYES WERE LIKELY TO BE AND TO FEEL WITH HIS FINGERS IN THE FUR
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