He went on till he had drawn this . -LRB- 13 . -RRB- ` Do n't look up , Taffy , ' he said . ` Try if you can make out what that means in the Tegumai language . If you can , we 've found the Secret . ' ` Snake -- pole -- broken -- egg -- carp -- tail and carp-mouth , ' said Taffy . ` Shu-ya . Sky-water -LRB- rain -RRB- . ' Just then a drop fell on her hand , for the day had clouded over . ` Why , Daddy , it 's raining . Was that what you meant to tell me ? ' ` Of course , ' said her Daddy . ` And I told it you without saying a word , did n't I ? ' ` Well , I think I would have known it in a minute , but that raindrop made me quite sure . I 'll always remember now . Shu-ya means rain , or `` it is going to rain . '' Why , Daddy ! ' She got up and danced round him . 'S ` pose you went out before I was awake , and drawed shu-ya in the smoke on the wall , I 'd know it was going to rain and I 'd take my beaver-skin hood . Would n't Mummy be surprised ? '
XXXXX got up and danced .
Sky-water Taffy Tegumai carp carp-mouth minute pole raindrop shu-ya tail