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didn't believe him, and it was quite true, and he has dived under
the turbid Amazon, and he won't come up again, and I haven't
anything at all to eat, and I think we had better find lodgings some
where else. They are too clever on the turbid Amazon for poor me!'
'Son, son!' said his mother ever so many times, graciously waving
her tail, 'now attend to me and remember what I say. A Hedgehog
curls himself up into a ball and his prickles stick out every which
way at once. By this you may know the Hedgehog.'
'I don't like this old lady one little bit,' said Stickly-Prickly,
under the shadow of a large leaf. 'I wonder what else she knows?'
'A Tortoise can't curl himself up,' Mother Jaguar went on, ever so
many times, graciously waving her tail. 'He only draws his head and
legs into his shell. By this you may know the Tortoise.'
{BEGINNING_OF_ARMADILLOES ^paragraph 35}
'I don't like this old lady at all- at all,' said Slow-and-Solid
Tortoise. 'Even Painted Jaguar can't forget those directions. It's a
great pity that you can't swim, Stickly-Prickly.'
'Don't talk to me,' said Stickly-Prickly. 'Just think how much
better it would be if you could curl up. This оisп a mess! Listen to
Painted Jaguar.'
Painted Jaguar was sitting on the banks of the turbid Amazon sucking
prickles out of his paws and saying to himself-
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'Can't curl, but can swim-
{BEGINNING_OF_ARMADILLOES ^paragraph 40}
Slow-Solid, that's him!
Curls up, but can't swim-
Stickly-Prickly, that's him!'
-
'He'll never forget that this month of Sundays,' said
Stickly-Prickly. 'Hold up my chin, Slow-and-Solid. I'm going to try to
learn to swim. It may be useful.'
{BEGINNING_OF_ARMADILLOES ^paragraph 45}
'Excellent!' said Slow-and-Solid; and he held up Stickly-Prickly's
chin, while Stickly-Prickly kicked in the waters of the turbid Amazon.
'You'll make a fine swimmer yet,' said Slow-and-Solid. 'Now, if
you can unlace my back-plates a little, I'll see what I can do towards
curling up. It may be useful.'
Stickly-Prickly helped to unlace Tortoise's back-plates, so that
by twisting and straining Slow-and-Solid actually managed to curl up a
tiddy wee bit.
'Excellent!' said Stickly-Prickly; 'but I shouldn't do any more just
now. It's making you black in the face. Kindly lead me into the
water once again and I'll practise that side-stroke which you say is
so easy.' And so Stickly-Prickly practised, and Slow-Solid swam
alongside.
'Excellent!' said Slow-and-Solid. 'A little more practice will
make you a regular whale. Now, if I may trouble you to unlace my
back and front plates two holes more, I'll try that fascinating bend
that you say is so easy. Won't Painted Jaguar be surprised!'