He sat down on a large mushroom , and now there was a quiver in his voice . ` Smee , ' he said huskily , ` that crocodile would have had me before this , but by a lucky chance it swallowed a clock which goes tick tick inside it , and so before it can reach me I hear the tick and bolt . ' He laughed , but in a hollow way . ` Some day , ' said Smee , ` the clock will run down , and then he 'll get you . ' Hook wetted his dry lips . ` Ay , ' he said , ` that 's the fear that haunts me . ' Since sitting down he had felt curiously warm . ` Smee , ' he said , ` this seat is hot . ' He jumped up . ` Odds bobs , hammer and tongs I 'm burning . ' They examined the mushroom , which was of a size and solidity unknown on the mainland ; they tried to pull it up , and it came away at once in their hands , for it had no root . Stranger still , smoke began at once to ascend . The pirates looked at each other . ' A chimney ! ' they both exclaimed . They had indeed discovered the chimney of the home under the ground . It was the custom of the boys to stop it with a mushroom when enemies were in the neighbourhood . Not only smoke came out of it . There came also children 's voices , for so safe did the boys feel in their hiding-place that they were gaily chattering . The pirates listened grimly , and then replaced the mushroom .
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