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| How the Mole Learned to Burrow |
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| Tokoloshe sat quite still as imfukufuku turned his head and looked directly at him, for he knew that the little creature was as blind as a bat – or rather as blind as a mole! The sharply pointed nose was quivering as imfukufuku attempted to identify any danger in the vicinity. Because of his near-blindness, he relied on his unerring sense of smell to detect the presence of any strange or threatening presence, but unlike human beings and animals Tokoloshes have no scent or odour that can be detected and so imfukufuku was unaware of his presence. |
| Tokoloshe watched him curiously as he emerged from his burrow, pushing aside the raised earth with his nose. It was time, he thought, that imfukufuku learned about his peculiar existence under the earth, for Tokoloshe knew that there was a time, a long time ago, longer ago than all but he could remember, when moles lived happily in the sunlight like all the other creatures on earth. |
At that moment Tokoloshe decided to speak to imfukufuku in his own language, for Tokoloshes as you should know, are able to understand and speak to all creatures in their own tongue. He made a series of barely audible squeaks, which said in mole language, ‘Good day imfukufuku, what brings you up into the sunlight from your dark world below?’
Imfukufuku ‘s reaction was like the blink of an eye; one second he was there and the next second he was gone. Tokoloshe smiled for he knew that the mole was surprised by this greeting from no one he could smell and had withdrawn instantly to the dark safety beneath the sods of turf. |
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