78 Nature Myths and Stories.

his friends were able to save his life, he was
blind.

“You need not pity me,” he said, “I prefer to live
underground, where really there is no use for eyes.”

All the moles were so proud of this hero mole
that they tried to be like him in every way.

They, too, went to live ina dark hole in the
earth.

Their eyes, which they did not need to use, be-
came so small that they were entirely hidden by
their fur. Indeed it is now so hard to find them
that many people think the entire mole family is
blind.