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"Perfectly," said her Daddy.
"Now, make another noise," said Taffy, very proud. "Yah!" said her Daddy very loud.
"H'm," said Taffy. "That's a mixy noise. The end part is a carp-fish mouth; but what can we do about the front part? Yer-yer-yer and ah\ Yahl"
"It's very like the carp-fish-mouth noise. Let's draw another bit of the carp-fish and join them," said her Daddy.
"No. If they're joined, I'll forget. Draw it separate. Draw his tail," said Taffy.
"A good notion," said Tegumai. "Here's a carp-fish tail of the yer-noise." And he drew this. (4)
"That's beautiful," she said. "Now, make another noise, Daddy." "Oh!" said her Daddy, very loud.
"That's quite easy," said Taffy. "You make your mouth all round like an egg or a stone. So an egg or a stone will do for that."
"You can't always find eggs or stones. We'll have to scratch a round something like one." And he drew this. (5)
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3. "My gracious!" said Taffy, "what a lot of noise-pictures we've made,— carp-mouth, carp-tail, and egg! Now, make another noise, Daddy." "Ssh!" said her Daddy, and frowned to himself.
"That's quite easy," she said, scratching on the bark. "It's the noise a snake makes, Daddy. Let's make the ss/i-noise — a snake. Will this do?" And she drew this. (6)
"There," she said. "That's another surprise-secret."
"Perfectly true," said Tegumai. "I believe we've found out the big secret of the world."
"Why?" said Taffy, and her eyes shone.
"I'll show," said her Daddy. And he drew this. (7)
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