I ca n't draw all of a carp-fish , but I can draw something that means a carp-fish 's mouth . Do n't you know how they stand on their heads rooting in the mud ? Well , here 's a pretence carp-fish -LRB- we can play that the rest of him is drawn -RRB- . Here 's just his mouth , and that means ah . ' And she drew this . -LRB- 1 . -RRB- ` That 's not bad , ' said Tegumai , and scratched on his own piece of bark for himself ; but you 've forgotten the feeler that hangs across his mouth . ' ` But I ca n't draw , Daddy . ' ` You need n't draw anything of him except just the opening of his mouth and the feeler across . Then we 'll know he 's a carp-fish , 'cause the perches and trouts have n't got feelers . Look here , Taffy . ' And he drew this . -LRB- 2 . -RRB- ` Now I 'll copy it . ' said Taffy . ` Will you understand this when you see it ? ' ` Perfectly , ' said her Daddy . And she drew this . -LRB- 3 . -RRB- ` And I 'll be quite as s ` prised when I see it anywhere , as if you had jumped out from behind a tree and said ' `` Ah ! '' '
` Now , make another noise , ' said XXXXX , very proud .
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