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As he said this, he kicked and squeezed as hard as he could, and, to his great surprise, he found that the sides of the rat hole were quite soft—in fact, they felt very like bedclothes; and the next moment his head was on his own pillow, and the old clock on the staircase struck two. AS HE SAID THIS HE KICKED AND SQUEEZED AS HARD AS HE COULD AND TO HIS GREAT SURPRISE HE FOUND THAT THE SIDES THE RAT HOLE WERE QUITE SOFT IN FACT THEY FELT VERY LIKE BEDCLOTHES AND THE NEXT MOMENT HIS HEAD WAS ON HIS OWN PILLOW AND THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRCASE STRUCK TWO
g. Tommy Smith was quite frightened, and put his fingers to his ears. [Illustration: “BITE HIM!”] “What are you doing that for?” said the king of the rats. “Didn’t you hear me tell you to begin?” “But I don’t want to begin,” said Tommy Smith. “Why not?” said the king; and all the other rats stopped eating, and said, “Why not?” “Because I don’t like eating in the night,” Tommy Smith answered; “and, besides, I can’t eat what rats eat.” At this there was a great commotion, and the king of the rats cried out, “Bite him!” in a very loud and shrill voice. Oh, how fast little Tommy Smith ran! “The caves!” he thought. “They lead to all the kitchens of the world, so one of them must lead to ours.” He got to one, but the rats were close behind him. He could see their eyes shining in the dark as he looked back. “Oh dear!” he said; “I shall be caught. It’s getting narrower and narrower, and, of course, it must be a rat’s hole at the other end. Ah, there! I’m stuck, and I shall be bitten all over.” T HE COULD GET HOLD OF AND THERE WAS SUCH A NOISE OF NIBBLING AND GNAWING AND SCRATCHING AND SQUEAKING TOMMY SMITH WAS QUITE FRIGHTENED AND PUT HIS FINGERS TO HIS EARS WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT FOR SAID THE KING OF THE RATS DON'T YOU HEAR ME TELL YOU TO BEGIN I DON'T WANT TO BEGIN SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY NOT SAID THE KING AND ALL THE OTHER RATS STOPPED EATING AND SAID WHY NOT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE EATING IN THE NIGHT TOMMY SMITH ANSWERED AND BESIDES I CAN'T EAT WHAT RATS EAT AT THIS THERE WAS GREAT COMMOTION AND THE KING OF THE RATS CRIED OUT BITE HIM IN A VERY LOUD AND SHRILL VOICE OH HOW FAST LITTLE TOMMY SMITH RAN THE CAVES HE THOUGHT THEY LEAD TO ALL THE KITCHENS OF THE WORLD SO ONE OF THEM MUST LEAD TO OURS HE GOT TO ONE BUT THE RATS WERE CLOSE BEHIND HIM HE COULD SEE THEIR EYES SHINING IN THE DARK AS HE LOOKED BACK OH DEAR HE SAID I SHALL BE CAUGHT IT'S GETTING NARROWER AND NARROWER AND OF COURSE IT MUST BE A RAT'S HOLE ON THE OTHER END OF THERE I'M STUCK AND I SHALL BE BITTEN ALL OVER
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