` Yes . Snake and egg , ' said Taffy ` So that means dinner 's ready . If you saw that scratched on a tree you 'd know it was time to come to the Cave . So 'd I. ' ` My Winkie ! ' said Tegumai . ` That 's true too . But wait a minute . I see a difficulty . SO means `` come and have dinner , '' but sho means the drying-poles where we hang our hides . ' ` Horrid old drying-poles ! ' said Taffy . ' I hate helping to hang heavy , hot , hairy hides on them . If you drew the snake and egg , and I thought it meant dinner , and I came in from the wood and found that it meant I was to help Mummy hang the two hides on the drying-poles , what would I do ? ' ` You 'd be cross . So 'd Mummy . We must make a new picture for sho . We must draw a spotty snake that hisses sh-sh , and we 'll play that the plain snake only hisses ssss . ' ' I could n't be sure how to put in the spots , ' said Taffy . ` And p ` raps if you were in a hurry you might leave them out , and I 'd think it was so when it was sho , and then Mummy would catch me just the same . No !
I think we 'd better draw a picture of the horrid high drying-poles their very selves , and XXXXX quite sure .
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