Old Mr. Toad chuckled again . With every insect swallowed he felt better natured . `` You 've guessed it , Peter , '' said he . `` Handy tongue , is n't it ? '' `` I think it 's a very queer tongue , '' retorted Peter , `` and I do n't understand it at all . If it 's so long as all that , where do you keep it when it is n't in use ? I should think you 'd have to swallow it to get it out of the way , or else leave it hanging out of your mouth . '' `` Ha , ha , ha , ha , ha ! '' laughed Old Mr. Toad . `` My tongue never is in the way , and it 's the handiest tongue in the world . I 'll show it to you . '' XII OLD MR. TOAD SHOWS HIS TONGUE To show one 's tongue , as you well know , Is not considered nice to do ; But if it were like Mr. Toad 's I 'd want to show it -- would n't you ? I 'm quite sure you would . You see , if it were like Old Mr. Toad 's , it would be such a wonderful tongue that I suspect you would want everybody to see it . Old Mr. Toad thinks his tongue the most satisfactory tongue in the world . In fact , he is quite sure that without it he could n't get along at all , and I do n't know as he could . And yet very few of his neighbors know anything about that tongue and how different it is from most other tongues . Peter Rabbit did n't until Old Mr. Toad showed him after Peter had puzzled and puzzled over the mysterious way in which bugs and flies disappeared whenever they happened to come within two inches or less of Old Mr. Toad . What Peter could n't understand was what Old Mr. Toad did with a tongue that would reach two inches beyond his mouth . He said as much .
`` I 'll show you my tongue , and then you 'll wish you had one just XXXXX it , '' said Old Mr. Toad , with a twinkle in his eyes .
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