` You 've mixed up all the things my mother told me to do with the things that you asked me whether I was sure that she did n't say , till I do n't know whether I 'm on my head or my painted tail ; and now you come and tell me something I can understand , and it makes me more mixy than before . My mother told me that I was to drop one of you two into the water , and as you seem so anxious to be dropped I think you do n't want to be dropped . So jump into the turbid Amazon and be quick about it . ' ' I warn you that your Mummy wo n't be pleased . Do n't tell her I did n't tell you , ' said Slow-Solid . ` If you say another word about what my mother said -- ' the Jaguar answered , but he had not finished the sentence before Slow-and-Solid quietly dived into the turbid Amazon , swam under water for a long way , and came out on the bank where Stickly-Prickly was waiting for him . ` That was a very narrow escape , ' said Stickly-Prickly . ' I do n't rib Painted Jaguar . What did you tell him that you were ? ' ' I told him truthfully that I was a truthful Tortoise , but he would n't believe it , and he made me jump into the river to see if I was , and I was , and he is surprised . Now he 's gone to tell his Mummy . Listen to him ! ' They could hear Painted Jaguar roaring up and down among the trees and the bushes by the side of the turbid Amazon , till his Mummy came . ` Son , son ! ' said his mother ever so many times , graciously waving her tail , ` what have you been doing that you should n't have done ? ' ' I tried to scoop something that said it wanted to be scooped out of its shell with my paw , and my paw is full of per-ickles , ' said Painted Jaguar . ` Son , son ! ' said his mother ever so many times , graciously waving her tail , ` by the prickles in your paddy-paw I see that that must have been a Hedgehog . You should have dropped him into the water . ' I did that to the other thing ; and he said he was a Tortoise , and I did n't believe him , and it was quite true , and he has dived under the turbid Amazon , and he wo n't come up again , and I have n't anything at all to eat , and I think we had better find lodgings somewhere else .
They are too clever on the turbid XXXXX for poor me ! '
Amazon Hedgehog Jaguar Mummy Slow-Solid Slow-and-Solid Stickly-Prickly escape per-ickles prickles