CHAPTER VII. TOM RESPECTS THE FLEA 

"NOON!" says Tom, and so it was. His shadder was just a blot around his feet. We looked, and the Grinnage clock was so close to twelve the difference didn't amount to nothing. So Tom said London was right north of us or right south of us, one or t'other, and he reckoned by the weather and the sand and the camels it was north; and a good many miles north, too; as many as from New York to the city of Mexico, he guessed. 

Jim said he reckoned a balloon was a good deal the fastest thing in the world, unless it might be some kinds of birds--a wild pigeon, maybe, or a railroad. 

But Tom said he had read about railroads in England going nearly a hundred miles an hour for a little ways, and there never was a bird in the world that could do that--except one, and that was a flea. 

"A flea? Why, Mars Tom, in de fust place he ain't a bird, strickly speakin'--" 

"He ain't a bird, eh? Well, then, what is he?" 

"I don't rightly know, Mars Tom, but I speck he's only jist a' animal. No, I reckon dat won't do, nuther, he ain't big enough for a' animal. He mus' be a bug. Yassir, dat's what he is, he's a bug." 

"I bet he ain't, but let it go. What's your second place?" 

"Well, in de second place, birds is creturs dat goes a long ways, but a flea don't." 
Which direction was London?
What time was it?
What did Tom read about Railroads?
Can birds go that fast?
Is a flea a bird?
What is it?
Who thought it was a bird?
Did he learn what it was?
Who was Tom arguing with?
Were they related?
What characterized their surroundings?
Where were they?
North
and he reckoned by the weather and the sand and the camels it was north
Noon
NOON!" says Tom, and so it was. His shadder was just a blot around his feet. We looked, and the Grinnage clock was so close to twelve the difference didn't amount to nothing.
About railroads in England going nearly a hundred miles an hour
But Tom said he had read about railroads in England going nearly a hundred miles an hour for a little way
No
never was a bird in the world that could do that
No
A flea? Why, Mars Tom, in de fust place he ain't a bird,
A bug
 He mus' be a bug.
Tom
But Tom said he had read about railroads in England going nearly a hundred miles an hour for a little ways, and there never was a bird in the world that could do that--except one, and that was a flea. 
No
I bet he ain't, but let it go.
Jim
Jim said he reckoned a balloon was a good deal the fastest thing in the world, unless it might be some kinds of birds--a wild pigeon, maybe, or a railroad. 

But Tom said he had read about railroads in England going nearly a hundred miles an hour for a little ways, and there never was a bird in the world that could do that--except one, and that was a flea.
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sand and camels
and he reckoned by the weather and the sand and the camels it was north
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