At last Harry and I have been to see Mole. We went yesterday afternoon, although as some of the previous mole hills in the garden seem to be collapsing into holes because of the dry weather I wasn\u2019t feeling at my most generous to the moles of the world. However, this particular mole was really rather sweet and despite the fact that Harry had originally stolen a treasured possession from her, made us feel most welcome.<\/p>\n
Harry cleared his throat and then said \u201cWell you remember I told you that I had found out that the dealer I had sold your ring to had then sold it to a lady who wanted it for her little girl\u2019s doll\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh yes\u201d said mole, \u201cbut have you found out any more?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSort of\u201d said Harry. The poor mole looked dejected, so Harry hurried his story along a bit \u201cWell actually we have done better that find out some more. Alfie here\u201d at which point I wagged my tail and knocked several things off the small table, but fortunately without breaking them, \u201cAlfie here\u201d repeated Harry \u201chas been to talk to the little girl.\u201d<\/p>\n
This was my cue to get the little package out, but before I could mole was jumping up and down saying \u201cwhat happened Alfie, what happened?\u201d I couldn\u2019t find any words so I just passed the package over to mole, who opened it with such care that I thought we were never going to get to see the contents. Once the paper was opened there in the middle, on a small piece of cotton wool, sat a tiny ring. Mole opened her mouth to speak but no words came out and she just sat down on the floor, clutching the ring, with tears streaming down her little brown face. By the time she could speak it was to say she didn\u2019t know how she could ever thank us enough. She seemed to have completely forgotten that if Harry had not stolen it in the first place there would never have been a problem. I said I would appreciate it if she could persuade the other moles to stop digging up our garden and she smiled and said she wasn\u2019t sure they would listen but she would certainly try. Then to Harry\u2019s embarrassment, she went over to him and hugged him. Well as Harry said afterwards, there aren\u2019t many people who will hug a hedgehog at the best of times, the prickles tend to put them off, but he seemed to have very much appreciated it and went a funny pink colour every time I mentioned it. If the moles stop digging holes in our garden that would really be a result as well, I\u2019m fed up of chasing a frisbee and finding I disappear down a hole, besides which digging is my prerogative! In fairness I have only had one shot at digging and my mistress made it clear it wasn\u2019t to happen again.<\/p>\n
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