said Tegumai . And he drew . -LRB- 17 . -RRB- '' Xactly , ' said Taffy . ` But we do n't want all those teeth : only put two . ' ` I 'll only put in one , ' said Tegumai . ` If this game of ours is going to be what I think it will , the easier we make our sound-pictures the better for everybody . ' And he drew . -LRB- 18 . -RRB- ` Now , we 've got it , ' said Tegumai , standing on one leg . ` I 'll draw 'em all in a string like fish . ' ` Had n't we better put a little bit of stick or something between each word , so 's they wo n't rub up against each other and jostle , same as if they were carps ? ' ` Oh , I 'll leave a space for that , ' said her Daddy . And very incitedly he drew them all without stopping , on a big new bit of birch-bark . -LRB- 19 . -RRB- ` Shu-ya-las ya-maru , ' said Taffy , reading it out sound by sound . ` That 's enough for to-day , ' said Tegumai . ` Besides , you 're getting tired , Taffy . Never mind , dear . We 'll finish it all to-morrow , and then we 'll be remembered for years and years after the biggest trees you can see are all chopped up for firewood . '
So they went home , and all that evening Tegumai sat on one side of the fire and XXXXX on the other , drawing ya 's and yo 's and shu 's and shi 's in the smoke on the wall and giggling together till her Mummy said , ` Really , Tegumai , you 're worse than my Taffy . '
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