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"Not change it!" said the grass snake. "And why not, pray? I should think myself a very stupid animal if I could not do _that_. Of course I change it, and then it looks and feels quite different to what it did when it was on me. NOT CHANGE IT SAID THE GRASSNAKE AND WHY NOT PRAY I SHOULD THINK MYSELF A VERY STUPID ANIMAL IF I COULD NOT DO THAT OF COURSE I CHANGE IT AND THEN IT LOOKS AND FEELS QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT IT DID WHEN IT WAS ON ME
g?” “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.” “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.” “How funny!” said Tommy Smith. “But do you know, Mr. Grass-Snake, I should not like to wrap myself up in your skin, even if I could, because it is so hard and covered with scales. And besides, how could the fairies get into it without killing you first? I don’t suppose you can change it as the frog and the toad do.” 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 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 HOW FUNNY SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT DO YOU KNOW MISTER GRASSNAKE I SHOULD NOT LIKE TO WRAP MYSELF UP IN YOUR SKIN EVEN IF I COULD BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD AND COVERED WITH SCALES AND BESIDES HOW COULD THE FAIRIES GET INTO IT WITHOUT KILLING YOU FIRST I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU CAN CHANGE IT AS THE FROG AND THE TOAD DO
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