I could n't be sure how to put in the spots , ' said Taffy . ` And p ` raps if you were in a hurry you might leave them out , and I 'd think it was so when it was sho , and then Mummy would catch me just the same . No ! I think we 'd better draw a picture of the horrid high drying-poles their very selves , and make quite sure . I 'll put them in just after the hissy-snake . Look ! ' And she drew this . -LRB- 10 . -RRB- ` P'raps that 's safest . It 's very like our drying-poles , anyhow , ' said her Daddy , laughing . ` Now I 'll make a new noise with a snake and drying-pole sound in it . I 'll say shi . That 's Tegumai for spear , Taffy . ' And he laughed . ` Do n't make fun of me , ' said Taffy , as she thought of her picture-letter and the mud in the Stranger-man 's hair . ` You draw it , Daddy . ' ` We wo n't have beavers or hills this time , eh ? ' said her Daddy , ` I 'll just draw a straight line for my spear . ' and he drew this . -LRB- 11 . -RRB-
` Even XXXXX could n't mistake that for me being killed . '
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