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Tommy Smith thought a little, and then he said, "Are you obliged to eat them?" TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT A LITTLE AND THEN HE SAID ARE YOU OBLIGED TO EAT THEM
el of you to eat them. Why do you do it?” “Why do I do it?” answered the grass-snake. “Why, because I feel hungry, to be sure. Why do you eat sheep, and oxen, and pigs, and ducks, and fowls, and turkeys?” “Oh! but everybody eats them,” said Tommy Smith. “Every _snake_ eats frogs,” said the grass-snake. “We were made to eat them, and the frogs were made for us to eat. That is my theory. It is a good one, I feel sure, for it explains _the facts_ and makes _me_ feel comfortable.” “But they are so useful,” said Tommy Smith; “and they do so much good in the garden.” “I don’t eat them all,” said the grass-snake, “and I don’t often go into gardens. Frogs and toads may be very useful, but perhaps if I didn’t eat some of them there would be too many of them in the world, and then, instead of being useful, they would be a nuisance. You see, I don’t eat them all. I leave just as many as are wanted, as long as _you_ don’t kill them. But if _you_ were to kill them too, then there would be too few.” U IF YOU HADN'T TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD BEEN EATING FROGS I THOUGHT IT VERY CRUEL OF YOU TO EAT THEM WHY DO YOU DO IT WHY DO I DO IT ANSWERED THE GRASSNAKE WHY BECAUSE I FEEL HUNGRY TO BE SURE WHY DO YOU EAT SHEEP AND OXEN AND PIGS AND DUCKS AND FOWLS AND TURKEYS OH EVERYBODY EATS THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH EVERY SNAKE EATS FROGS SAID THE GRASSNAKE WE WERE MADE TO EAT THEM AND THE FROGS WERE MADE FOR US TO EAT THAT IS MY THEORY IT IS A GOOD ONE I FEEL SURE FOR IT EXPLAINS THE FACTS AND MAKESS ME FEEL COMFORTABLE BUT THEY ARE SO USEFUL SAID TOMMY SMITH AND THEY DO SO MUCH GOOD IN THE GARDEN I DON'T EAT THEM ALL SAID THE GRASSNAKE AND I DON'T OFTEN GO INTO THE GARDENS FROGS AND TOADS MAY BE VERY USEFUL BUT PERHAPS IF I DON'T EAT SOME OF THEM THERE WOULD BE TOO MANY OF THEM IN THE WORLD AND THEN INSTEAD OF BEING USEFUL THEY WOULD BE A NUISANCE YOU SEE I DON'T EAT THEM ALL I LEAVE JUST AS MANY AS ARE WANTED AS LONG AS YOU DON'T KILL THEM BUT IF YOU WERE TO KILL THEM TOO THEN THERE WOULD BE TOO FEW
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