`` Mine is n't sticky , '' said he very innocently . Old Mr. Toad laughed right out . `` Perhaps if it was , you could n't ask so many questions , '' said he . `` Now watch me catch that fly . '' His funny little tongue darted out , and the fly was gone . -LSB- Illustration : His funny little tongue darted out , and the fly was gone . -RSB- `` It certainly is very handy , '' said Peter politely . `` I think we are going to have more rain , and I 'd better be getting back to the dear Old Briarpatch . Very much obliged to you , Mr. Toad . I think you are very wonderful . '' `` Not at all , '' replied Old Mr. Toad . `` I 've simply got the things I need in order to live , just as you have the things you need . I could n't get along with your kind of a tongue , but no more could you get along with mine . If you live long enough , you will learn that Old Mother Nature makes no mistakes . She gives each of us what we need , and each one has different needs . '' XIII PETER RABBIT IS IMPOLITE Peter Rabbit could n't get Old Mr. Toad off his mind . He had discovered so many interesting things about Old Mr. Toad that he was almost on the point of believing him to be the most interesting of all his neighbors . And his respect for Old Mr. Toad had become very great indeed . Of course . Who would n't respect any one with such beautiful eyes and such a sweet voice and such a wonderful tongue ?
Yet at the same time XXXXX felt very foolish whenever he remembered that all his life he had been acquainted with Old Mr. Toad without really knowing him at all .
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