Коралловый остров

Chapter 30

           Manyofthedresses,bothofwomenandmen,weregrotesqueenough,beingverybadimitationsoftheEuropeangarb;butallworeadressofsomesortorother.Theyseemedverygladtoseeus,andcrowdedroundusastheteacherledthewaytohisdwelling,wherewewereentertained,inthemostsumptuousmanner,onbakedpigandallthevarietiesoffruitsandvegetablesthattheislandproduced.Weweremuchannoyed,however,bytherats:theyseemedtorunaboutthehouselikedomesticanimals.Aswesatattable,oneofthempeepedupatusovertheedgeofthecloth,closetoPeterkin’selbow,whoflooreditwithablowonthesnoutfromhisknife,exclaimingashedidso:

           "Isay,MisterTeacher,whydon’tyousettrapsforthesebrutes?Surelyyouarenotfondofthem!"

           "No,"repliedtheteacherwithasmile."Wewouldbegladtogetridofthemifwecould;butifweweretotrapalltheratsontheisland,itwouldoccupyourwholetime."

           "Arethey,then,sonumerous?"inquiredJack.

           "Theyswarmeverywhere.Thepoorheathensonthenorthsideeatthem,andthinkthemverysweet.Sodidmypeopleformerly;buttheydonoteatsomanynow,becausethemissionarywhowaslasthereexpresseddisgustatit.Thepoorpeopleaskedifitwaswrongtoeatrats;andhetoldthemthatitwascertainlynotwrong,butthatthepeopleofEnglandwouldbemuchdisgustedweretheyaskedtoeatrats."

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