said her Daddy , and frowned to himself , but Taffy was too incited to notice . ` That 's quite easy , ' she said , scratching on the bark . ` Eh , what ? ' said her Daddy . ' I meant I was thinking , and did n't want to be disturbed . ' ` It 's a noise just the same . It 's the noise a snake makes , Daddy , when it is thinking and does n't want to be disturbed . Let 's make the ssh-noise a snake . Will this do ? ' And she drew this . -LRB- 7 . -RRB- ` There , ' she said . ` That 's another s ` prise-secret . When you draw a hissy-snake by the door of your little back-cave where you mend the spears , I 'll know you 're thinking hard ; and I 'll come in most mousy-quiet . And if you draw it on a tree by the river when you are fishing , I 'll know you want me to walk most most mousy-quiet , so as not to shake the banks . ' ` Perfectly true , ' said Tegumai . And there 's more in this game than you think . Taffy , dear , I 've a notion that your Daddy 's daughter has hit upon the finest thing that there ever was since the Tribe of Tegumai took to using shark 's teeth instead of flints for their spear-heads . I believe we 've found out the big secret of the world . ' ` Why ? '
said XXXXX , and her eyes shone too with incitement .
Taffy Tegumai flints prise-secret secret shark spear-heads spears ssh-noise tree