Crow said.
Jimmy Rabbit held out the shoes, hoping that Mr. Crow would take them.
But Mr. Crow had no such notion in his head.
"I mean, _you_ may try them on _me_" he added.
"You didn't say that," Jimmy Rabbit reminded him.
"No further remarks are necessary," Mr. Crow screamed in a shrill voice.
And at that Jimmy Rabbit knelt before him once more and began to crowd
one of Mr. Crow's feet into one of the shoes.
Jimmy struggled for a long time without saying a word. But Mr. Crow said
several words under his breath, for Jimmy was hurting him dreadfully.
There were two reasons for that. In the first place, the shoe was much
too small for Mr. Crow. And in the second, Jimmy Rabbit was putting the
left shoe on Mr. Crow's right foot.
But neither of them knew that second reason.
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OLD SHOES FOR NEW
Old Mr. Crow was too proud to admit that the shoe Jimmy Rabbit was
pulling upon his right foot was too small for him. But he would have
objected, to be sure, had he known that it was the left shoe. He would
have objected likewise when Jimmy crammed his left foot into the right
shoe a few minutes later. But Mr. Crow only knew that his feet already
ached.
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