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"But can't you see me?" Tommy Smith asked. "You, indeed!" answered the mole. "And why should I want to see you?" "I'm afraid you _are_ blind," Tommy Smith said quite sadly. "At anyrate," said the mole, "I have less seeing to do than almost any other animal, and, when I think of that, I can't _help_ feeling proud, though I know I oughtn't to be. But I think you have talked enough about my eyes," the mole continued. "Perhaps you would like to know something about my teeth now. Look! BUT CAN'T YOU SEE ME TOMMY SMITH ASKED YOU INDEED ANSWERED THE MOLE AND WHY SHOULD I WANT TO SEE YOU I'M AFRAID YOU ARE BLIND TOMMY SMITH SAID QUITE SADLY AT ANY RATE SAID THE MOLE I HAVE LESS SEEING TO DO THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER ANIMAL AND WHEN I THINK OF THAT I CAN'T HELP FEELING PROUD THOUGH I KNOW I OUGHTN'T BE BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TALKED ENOUGH ABOUT MY EYES THE MOLE CONTINUED PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT MY TEETH NOW LOOK
y are the best eyes that anyone can have.” This was quite a new idea to Tommy Smith, and he tried to think what it would be like to live in the ground, and to have eyes that you couldn’t see with, and that didn’t get in the way. At last he said, “It seems to me, Mrs. Mole, that it would be much better if you had not any eyes at all.” “That is a strange idea, to be sure!” said the mole. “Not have eyes, indeed! That would be a fine thing.” “But if you can’t see with them,” said Tommy Smith. “What of that?” said the mole; “we have them, and so we are proud of them. It is a saying in our family that a mole _may_ be blind, but he has _eyes_ for all that.” “Poor little mole,” said Tommy Smith, for though the animal seemed to be quite happy itself, he couldn’t help feeling very sorry for it. “But are you _quite_ blind?” “If I am not quite, I am very nearly,” the mole answered, “and I am thankful for _that_. I just know when it is light and when it isn’t, which is all a mole requires to know.” OUND SAID THE MOLE MY NEVER GET IN THE WAY SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE BEST EYES THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE THIS WAS QUITE A NEW IDEA TO TOMMY SMITH AND HE TRIED TO THINK WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE IN THE GROUND AND HAVE EYES THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE WITH AND THAT DIDN'T GET IN THE WAY AT LAST HE SAID IT SEEMS TO ME MISSUS MOLE THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF YOU HAD NOT ANY EYES AT ALL THAT IS A STRANGE IDEA TO BE SURE SAID THE MOLE NOT HAVE EYES INDEED THAT WOULD BE A FINE THING BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE WITH THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH WHAT OF THAT SAID THE MOLE WE HAVE THEM AND SO WE ARE PROUD OF THEM IT IS A SAYING IN OUR FAMILY THAT THE MOLE MAY BE BLIND BUT HE HAS EYES FOR ALL THAT POOR LITTLE MOLE SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR THOUGH THE ANIMAL SEEMED TO BE QUITE HAPPY ITSELF HE COULDN'T HELP FEELING VERY SORRY FOR IT BUT ARE YOU QUITE BLIND IF I AM NOT QUITE I AM VERY NEARLY THE MOLE ANSWERED AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT I JUST KNOW WHEN IT IS LIGHT AND WHEN IT ISN'T WHICH IS ALL A MOLE REQUIRES TO KNOW
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