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 Amazon for poor me ! ' ` Son , son ! ' said his mother ever so many times , graciously waving her tail , ` now attend to me and remember what I say . A Hedgehog curls himself up into a ball and his prickles stick out every which way at once . By this you may know the Hedgehog . ' ' I do n't like this old lady one little bit , ' said Stickly-Prickly , under the shadow of a large leaf . ' I wonder what else she knows ? ' ' A Tortoise ca n't curl himself up , ' Mother Jaguar went on , ever so many times , graciously waving her tail . ` He only draws his head and legs into his shell . By this you may know the tortoise . ' ' I do n't like this old lady at all -- at all , ' said Slow-and-Solid Tortoise . ` Even Painted Jaguar ca n't forget those directions . It 's a great pity that you ca n't swim , Stickly-Prickly . ' ` Do n't talk to me , ' said Stickly-Prickly . ` Just think how much better it would be if you could curl up . This is a mess ! Listen to Painted Jaguar . '
Painted Jaguar was sitting on the banks of the turbid Amazon sucking XXXXX out of his Paws and saying to himself -- ` Ca n't curl , but can swim -- Slow-Solid , that 's him !
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