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Updated: May 14, 2025
A great city it is, that's sure!" "It is ditch-water!" said Creep-and-Crawl. Really, the largest green leaf in this country is a dock-leaf; if one holds it before one, it is like a whole apron, and if one holds it over one's head in rainy weather, it is almost as good as an umbrella, for it is so immensely large.
"What have you got there?" said another old wizard, who had no name, and that was just the best of it. "Why," said Creep-and-Crawl, "if you can guess what it is, I will make you a present of it; but it is not so easy to find out when one does not know it!" The wizard who had no name looked through the magnifying glass.
What a creeping and crawling was there! all the thousands of small creatures hopped and jumped about, pulled one another, and pecked one another. "But this is abominable!" said Creep-and-Crawl, "Can one not get them to live in peace and quiet, and each mind his own business?" And he thought and thought, but he could come to no conclusion, and so he was obliged to conjure.
There sat one as still as a little maid, who only wished for peace and quietness, but she must be brought out and they dragged her, and they pulled her, and they devoured her! "It is quite amusing!" said the wizard. "Yes; but what do you think it is?" asked Creep-and-Crawl. "Can you find it out!" "It is very easy to see," said the other, "it is some great city, they all resemble each other.
It looks almost like a whole plateful of shrimps springing about among each other, and they are so ravenous, they tear one another's arms and legs, tails and sides, and yet they are glad and pleased in their way. Now, there was once an old man, who was called by every body Creep-and-Crawl; for that was his name.
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