I believe we 've found out the big secret of the world . ' ` Why ? ' said Taffy , and her eyes shone too with incitement . ` I 'll show , ' said her Daddy . ` What 's water in the Tegumai language ? ' ` Ya , of course , and it means river too -- like Wagai-ya -- the Wagai river . ' ` What is bad water that gives you fever if you drink it -- black water -- swamp-water ? ' ` Yo , of course . ' ` Now look , ' said her Daddy . 'S ` pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool in the beaver-swamp ? ' And he drew this . -LRB- 8 . -RRB- ` Carp-tail and round egg . Two noises mixed ! Yo , bad water , ' said Taffy . '' Course I would n't drink that water because I 'd know you said it was bad . ' ` But I need n't be near the water at all . I might be miles away , hunting , and still -- ' ` And still it would be just the same as if you stood there and said , `` G'way , Taffy , or you 'll get fever . '' All that in a carp-fish-tail and a round egg ! O Daddy , we must tell Mummy , quick ! '
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Carp-tail G'way Mummy Taffy Tegumai Wagai Yo beaver-swamp carp-fish-tail swamp-water