He said as much . `` I 'll show you my tongue , and then you 'll wish you had one just like it , '' said Old Mr. Toad , with a twinkle in his eyes . He opened his big mouth and slowly ran his tongue out its full length . `` Why ! Why-ee ! '' exclaimed Peter . `` It 's fastened at the wrong end ! '' `` No such thing ! '' replied Old Mr. Toad indignantly . `` If it was fastened at the other end , how could I run it out so far ? '' `` But mine and all other tongues that I ever have seen are fastened way down in the throat , '' protested Peter . `` Yours is fastened at the other end , way in the very front of your mouth . I never heard of such a thing . '' `` There are a great many things you have never heard of , Peter Rabbit , '' replied Old Mr. Toad drily . `` Mine is the right way to have a tongue . Because it is fastened way up in the front of my mouth that way , I can use the whole of it . You see it goes out its full length . Then , when I draw it in with a bug on the end of it , I just turn it over so that the end that was out goes way back in my throat and takes the bug with it to just the right place to swallow . '' Peter thought this over for a few minutes before he ventured another question . `` I begin to understand , '' said he , `` but how do you hold on to the bug with your tongue ? ''
`` My XXXXX is sticky , of course , Mr. Stupid , '' replied Old Mr. Toad , looking very much disgusted .
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