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"But are there fairies?" said Tommy Smith. "There are, as long as you are a little boy," said the grass snake; "but as soon as you are grown up there will be none." BUT ARE THERE FAIRIES SAID TOMMY SMITH THERE ARE AS LONG AS YOU ARE A LITTLE BOY SAID THE GRASSNAKE BUT AS SOON AS YOU ARE GROWN UP THERE WILL BE NONE
 said, “to begin with, I am a good deal longer than an adder. I should just like to see the adder that was three feet long, and _I_ am an inch longer than that. No, indeed! Whenever you see such a fine, long snake as I am, you may be sure that it is a nice grass-snake, and not a nasty adder.” “I won’t forget that,” said Tommy Smith. “But, I suppose, snakes grow like other animals. How should I be able to tell you from an adder if I were to meet you before you were three feet long?” “Why, by my skin, to be sure!” said the grass-snake. “Look how beautifully it is marked, and what a fine greenish colour it is. I may well be proud of it, for a very great poet indeed has called it ‘enamelled,’ and says that it is fit for a fairy to wrap herself up in. Think of _that_! The adder’s is quite different, only a dull, dirty brown, which I _might_ call ugly if I were ill-natured. But I am _not_, so I will only say that it is plain. I don’t think any fairy would like to wrap herself in _his_ skin.”  UNDER THE BUSH AND LAY ON THE GROUND JUST AT HIS FEET NOW HE SAID TO BEGIN WITH I AM A GOOD DEAL LONGER THAN AN ADDER I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE ADDER THAT WAS THREE FEET LONG AND I AM AN INCH LONGER THAN THAT NO INDEED WHENEVER YOU SEE SUCH A FINE LONG SNAKE AS I AM YOU MAY BE SURE THAT IT IS A NICE GRASSNAKE AND NOT A NASTY ADDER I WON'T FORGET THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT SUPPOSE SNAKES GROW LIKE OTHER ANIMALS HOW SHOULD I BE ABLE TO TELL YOU FROM AN ADDER IF I WERE TO MEET YOU BEFORE YOU WERE THREE FEET LONG WHY MY SKIN TO BE SURE SAID THE GRASSNAKE LOOK HOW BEAUTIFULLY IT IS MARKED AND WHAT A FINE GREENISH COLOUR IT IS I MAY WELL BE PROUD OF IT FOR A VERY GREAT POET INDEED HAS CALLED IT ENAMELLED AND SAYS THAT IT IS FIT FOR A FAIRY TO WRAP HERSELF UP AND THINK OF THAT AN ADDER IS QUITE DIFFERENT ONLY A DULL DIRTY BROWN WHICH I MIGHT CALL UGLY IF I WERE ILL NATURED BUT I'M NOT AS SO I WILL ONLY SAY THAT IT IS PLAIN I DON'T THINK ANY FAIRY WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRAP HERSELF IN HIS SKIN
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