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Now I will begin again, and perhaps it would be better if you were to say nothing till I have done." So Tommy Smith sat down on the ground to listen, and the mole went on in these words: "Inside my fortress there is a large room which is quite round. I call it my bedroom or dormitory, because sometimes I go to sleep there. NOW I WILL BEGIN AGAIN AND PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WERE TO SAY NOTHING UNTIL I AM DONE SO THOMAS SAT DOWN ON THE GROUND TO LISTEN AND THE MOLE WENT ON IN THESE WORDS INSIDE MY FORTRESS THERE IS A LARGE ROOM WHICH IS QUITE ROUND I CALL IT MY BEDROOM OR DORMITORY BECAUSE SOMETIMES I GO TO SLEEP THERE
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 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. UR 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 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
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