At first he said his name was 'Mole', but Wilson couldn't believe that he was just called Mole the Mole and pressed him for more details.
'It's like my New Dad being called Human the Human!' he complained, 'Or me being called Anteater the Anteater! And think of the confusion if both bees were called Bee the Bee!'
However, it seems that moles lead such solitary lives that they rarely, if ever, need a name (there being no-one else to use it) so even the concept of a name was alien to him.
Eventually W conceded that his name henceforward would be Mole, and took him to one side to fill in a Special Dietary Requirements questionnaire.
It seems this was to establish whether moles ate ants, as W didn't want there to be any competition for food. Antony sat very close to Mole and silently mouthed or mimed the 'correct' answers to Wilson's questions.
Once he had evidence that Mole wouldn't be vying with him over the juiciest ants, Wilson invited him to spend the winter with us in the garden.
'You can live with the sTone Brothers,' he said. 'I'll introduce you!'
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