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"But can you really lay them?" said Tommy Smith; "and do you make a nest for them, like a bird?" "No," said the grass snake. "A bird makes a nest for her eggs because she has to sit on them, and she wants a nice, comfortable place to sit in. BUT CAN YOU REALLY LAY THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH AND DO YOU MAKE A NEST FOR THEM LIKE A BIRD NO SAID THE GRASSNAKE A BIRD MAKES A NEST FOR HER EGGS BECAUSE SHE HAS TO SIT ON THEM AND SHE WANTS A NICE COMFORTABLE PLACE TO SIT IN
imals would die of starvation, and that would be very dreadful.” So he said to the grass-snake, “Well, Mr. Grass-Snake, I think you are right, and, if you come out of your bush, I will not try to catch you any more.” So the grass-snake came wriggling out again, and then Tommy Smith asked him why he had brought the frogs out of his mouth after he had eaten them. “It was because you frightened me,” said the grass-snake. “You see, I wanted to get away, and, with three frogs inside me, I felt rather heavy. But as soon as the frogs were gone I was much lighter, and could go much quicker. Now don’t you think it was a _very_ clever idea?” “I don’t think it was a very _clean_ idea,” said Tommy Smith; “but as you were frightened, perhaps you couldn’t help it. But now, Mr. Grass-Snake, are there any other clever things which you can do, and which are not quite so nasty? If there are, I should like to hear about them.” “I can lay eggs,” said the grass-snake, “which is more than the adder can do.” ANIMAL MIGHT EAT ANY OTHER ANIMAL THEN A GREAT MANY ANIMALS WOULD DIE OF STARVATION AND THAT WOULD BE VERY DREADFUL SO HE SAID TO THE GRASSNAKE WELL MISTER GRASSNAKE I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT AND IF YOU COME OUT OF YOUR BUSH I WILL NOT TRY TO CATCH YOU ANY MORE SO THE GRASS SNAKE CAME WRIGGLING OUT AGAIN AND THEN TOMMY SMITH ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD BROUGHT THE FROGS OUT OF HIS MOUTH AFTER HE HAD EATEN THEM IT WAS BECAUSE YOU FRIGHTENED ME SAID THE GRASS NICK YOU SEE I WANTED TO GET AWAY AND WITH THREE FROGS INSIDE ME I FELT RATHER HEAVY BUT AS SOON AS THE FROGS WERE GONE I WAS MUCH LIGHTER AND I COULD GO MUCH QUICKER NOW DON'T YOU THINK IT WAS A VERY CLEVER IDEA I DON'T THINK IT WAS A VERY CLEAN IDEA SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT AS YOU WERE FRIGHTENED PERHAPS YOU COULDN'T HELP IT BUT NOW MISTER GRASSNAKE ARE THERE ANY OTHER CLEVER THINGS WHICH YOU CAN DO AND WHICH ARE NOT QUITE SO NASTY IF THERE ARE I SHOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THEM I CAN LAY EGGS SAID THE GRASSNAKE WHICH IS MORE THAN THE ADDER CAN DO
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