PARTICULAR WISE TURTLE," added Mouse.
"FROM IT YOU WILL LEARN MANY SECRETS," continued Turtle Man.
"OR YOU WILL NOT," explained Mouse. "IN WHICH CASE YOU WILL BE BANISHED AND SENT AWAY."
"OK, but considering that I'm a newcomer and unfamiliar with all this, isn't there anything else that you can tell me?"
"YOUR REQUEST IS A VALID ONE," said Turtle Man. "AS A HELPFUL HINT I POINT OUT THAT TURTLES ARE VERY QUIET AND SLOW, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER."
"Well dah!" Ed thought.
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