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He was so surprised that, at first, he didn't quite know what to do, and before he had made up his mind, it was too late to do anything, for the snake had wriggled away into another bush. HE WAS SO SURPRISED THAT AT FIRST HE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND BEFORE HE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE SNAKE HAD WRIGGLED AWAY INTO ANOTHER BUSH
 fox,—and the weasel, you may hurt _him_—if you can catch him.” He said that, of course, because he _was_ a hare, and felt prejudiced. You must not think _I_ agree with him. Only a critic or a silly person would think _that_. CHAPTER VI. THE GRASS-SNAKE AND ADDER “_Tommy Smith has a talk with the grass-snake, and then With the adder: they’re both as conceited as men._” WHEN Tommy Smith had said good-bye to the hare, he thought he would walk home through some woods which were not far off. So off he set towards them, and as he went along he said to himself, “I know there are a great many animals that live in the woods. Now I wonder which of them will be the first to have a talk with me. Let me see. The pigeon and the squirrel both live there, for I have often seen them together on the same tree. And then there is the—” Good gracious! What was that just gliding out from under a bush? Tommy Smith gave a start and a jump, and well he might, for it was a large snake, perhaps three feet long.  CHAPTER SIX OF TOMMY SMITH'S ANIMALS THIS IS A LIVER BOX RECOURTING ALL LIVER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBERVOX DOT ORG TOMMY SMITH'S ANIMALS BY EDMUND SELLOUS THE GRASS SNAKE AND ADDER TOMMY SMITH HAS A TALK WITH THE GRASSNAKE AND THEN WITH THE ADDER THEY'RE BOTH AS CONCEITED AS MEN WHEN TOMMY SMITH HAD SAID GOOD BY TO THE HARE HE THOUGHT HE WOULD WALK HOME THROUGH SOME WOODS WHICH WERE NOT FAR OFF SO OFF HE SET TOWARDS THEM AND AS HE WENT ALONG HE SAID TO HIMSELF I KNOW THERE ARE A GREAT MANY ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WOODS NOW I WONDER WHICH OF THEM WILL BE THE FIRST TO HAVE A TALK WITH ME LET ME SEE THE PIGEON AND THE SQUIRREL BOTH LIVE THERE FOR I HAVE OFTEN SEEN THEM TOGETHER ON THE SAME TREE AND THEN THERE IS THE GOOD GRACIOUS WHAT WAS THAT JUST GLIDING OUT UNDER A BUSH TOMMY SMITH GAVE A START AND A JUMP AND WELL HE MIGHT FOR IT WAS A LARGE SNAKE PERHAPS THREE FEET LONG
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