Yet the tiny island got
wetter every day, till it finally got so wet that the very floor of
the man's hut turned spongy and splashed every time the man went to
look out of the window at the view. And at last he got so frightened
that he stayed indoors altogether, put on both his coats at once, and
told stories to the mouse and squirrel about a country that was always
dry--"
"Didn't the rabbit know anything?"
"For all this time the rabbit was too terrified to come out of its
hole at all. The increasing size of its front teeth added to its
uneasiness, for they thrust out so far that they hid the view and made
the island seem even smaller than it was--"
"I like rabbits, though."
"Till one fine day--"
"They were all fine, you said."
"One finer day than usual the rabbit made a horrible discovery. The
way it made the discovery was curious--may seem curious to us, at
least--but the fact is, it suddenly noticed that the size of its front
teeth had grown out of all proportion to the size of the island.
Looking over its shoulder this fine day, it realised how absurdly
small the island was in comparison with its teeth--and grasped the
horrid truth.
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