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Altogether, Tommy Smith felt sure that the next time he went out for a walk and saw a snake, he would be able to tell whether it was a grass snake or an adder. ALTOGETHER TOMMY SMITH FELT SURE THAT THE NEXT TIME HE WENT OUT FOR A WALK AND SAW A SNAKE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL WHETHER IT WAS A GRASS SNAKE OR AN ADDER
d then laid them in a nice long tuft of grass. When he had done that, he came back to where he had left the grass-snake, but he did not find him there again. “Where are you?” he called out. “Do you mean me?” said a voice quite near him. It was a hissing voice, certainly, and sounded a good deal like the grass-snake’s. But still it did not sound quite the same, Tommy Smith thought. So he said, “I mean you, if you are the grass-snake,” in rather a doubtful tone of voice. “No, indeed,” hissed the voice again, “I am something better than a grass-snake. _I_ am an adder.” And as the adder said this, he came crawling out from a little clump of furze-bush, where he had lain hidden. Tommy Smith saw that what the grass-snake had said was true, for the adder’s body was shorter and of a duller colour than the grass-snake’s. His head, too, was different. It was flatter, and swelled out more on each side where it joined the neck, so that the neck looked smaller in proportion to the size of the head. M UP AND WASHED THEM IN A LITTLE DITCH WHICH WAS CLOSE BY AND THEN LAID THEM IN A NICE LONG TUFT OF GRASS WHEN HE HAD DONE THAT HE CAME BACK TO WHERE HE HAD LEFT THE GRASS SNAKE BUT HE DID NOT FIND HIM THERE AGAIN WHERE ARE YOU HE CALLED DO YOU MEAN ME SAID A VOICE QUITE NEAR HIM IT WAS A HISSING VOICE CERTAINLY AND SOUNDED A GOOD DEAL LIKE THE GRASSNAKE'S BUT STILL IT DID NOT SOUND QUITE THE SAME TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT SO HE SAID I MEAN YOU IF YOU ARE THE GRASSNAKE IN RATHER A DOUBTFUL TONE OF VOICE NO INDEED HISSED THE VOICE AGAIN I AM SOMETHING BETTER THAN A GRASSNAKE I AM AN ADDER AND AS THE ADDER SAID THIS HE CAME CRAWLING OUT FROM A LITTLE CLUMP OF FURZE BUSH WHERE HE HAD LAID HIDDEN TOMMY SMITH SAW THAT WHAT THE GRASSNAKE HAD SAID WAS TRUE FOR THE ADDER'S BODY WAS SHORTER AND OF A DULLER COLOR THAN THE GRASSNAKE'S HIS HEAD TOO WAS DIFFERENT IT WAS FLATTER AND SWELLED OUT MORE ON EACH SIDE WHERE IT JOINED THE NECK SO THAT THE NECK LOOKED SMALLER IN PROPORTION TO THE SIZE OF THE HEAD
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