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"But are they so very high?" said Tommy Smith. "Why, I step over them quite easily." "Dear me, that seems very wonderful," said the mole. "But I advise you not to do it often, for it must be a great exertion, and you might hurt yourself. But you must not think that because _you_ are very big, _I_ am very small. That would be very conceited." Tommy Smith saw that he had not said the right thing, so he tried to think of something to say that the mole would like better. BUT ARE THEY SO VERY HIGH SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY I STEP OVER THEM QUITE EASILY DEAR ME THAT SEEMS VERY WONDERFUL SAID THE MOLE AND I ADVISE YOU NOT TO DO IT OFTEN FOR IT MUST BE A GREAT EXERTION AND YOU MIGHT HURT YOURSELF BUT YOU MUST NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY BIG I AM VERY SMALL THAT WOULD BE VERY CONCEITED TOMMY SMITH SAW THAT HE HAD NOT SAID THE RIGHT THING SO HE TRIED TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO SAY THAT THE MOLE WOULD LIKE BETTER
ne)—“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 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.” 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 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
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