Now I will . ' Painted Jaguar darted out his paddy-paw just as Stickly-Prickly curled himself up , and of course Jaguar 's paddy-paw was just filled with prickles . Worse than that , he knocked Stickly-Prickly away and away into the woods and the bushes , where it was too dark to find him . Then he put his paddy-paw into his mouth , and of course the prickles hurt him worse than ever . As soon as he could speak he said , ` Now I know he is n't Tortoise at all . But ' -- and then he scratched his head with his un-prickly paw -- ` how do I know that this other is Tortoise ? ' ` But I am Tortoise , ' said Slow-and-Solid . Your mother was quite right . She said that you were to scoop me out of my shell with your paw . Begin . ' ` You did n't say she said that a minute ago , said Painted Jaguar , sucking the prickles out of his paddy-paw . ` You said she said something quite different . ' ` Well , suppose you say that I said that she said something quite different , I do n't see that it makes any difference ; because if she said what you said I said she said , it 's just the same as if I said what she said she said . On the other hand , if you think she said that you were to uncoil me with a scoop , instead of pawing me into drops with a shell , I ca n't help that , can I ? ' ` But you said you wanted to be scooped out of your shell with my paw , ' said Painted Jaguar . ` If you 'll think again you 'll find that I did n't say anything of the kind . I said that your mother said that you were to scoop me out of my shell , ' said Slow-and-Solid . ` What will happen if I do ? ' said the Jaguar most sniffily and most cautious . ' I do n't know , because I 've never been scooped out of my shell before ; but I tell you truly , if you want to see me swim away you 've only got to drop me into the water . '
I do n't believe it , ' said Painted XXXXX .
Begin Jaguar Slow-and-Solid Stickly-Prickly Tortoise paddy-paw prickles right scoop shell