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It would not kill a horse, or a cow, or even a pig, unless it was very young. But it kills field mice, and shrew mice, and things of that sort." "But there is one thing, Mr. Adder, which I don't understand," said Tommy Smith. "I thought that one had to swallow poison for it to kill one. IT WOULD NOT KILL A HORSE OR A COW OR EVEN A PIG UNLESS IT WAS VERY YOUNG BUT IT KILLS FIELD'S MICE AND SHREW MICE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT BUT THERE IS ONE THING MISTER ADDER WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND SAID TOMMY SMITH I THOUGHT THAT ONE HAD TO SWALLOW POISON FOR IT TO KILL ONE
on needles, but curved backwards like crochet-needles. “What curious teeth!” he said. “Perhaps they are more curious than you think,” said the adder; “just look at the tips of them, and see if you notice anything.” Tommy Smith looked as the adder told him, and he was surprised to see a tiny little hole at the tip of each tooth. “Why, Mr. Adder,” he said, “it seems to me as if your teeth were hollow and wanted stopping.” “They _are_ hollow,” said the adder, “and I will tell you why. At the root of each of them I have a little bag which is full of poison. You cannot see it, of course, because it is hidden under the flesh of my upper jaw. But things which cannot be seen are very often felt. Now, when I bite an animal, these little bags open, and a drop or two of poison runs down each tooth where it is hollow, so that it goes into the flesh of that animal and mixes with its blood.” “And does that kill it?” asked Tommy Smith. “Oh yes!” answered the adder; “because I only bite small animals. ALMOST AS THIN BUT THEY WERE NOT STRAIGHT LIKE COMMON NEEDLES BUT CURVED BACKWARDS LIKE CROCHET NEEDLES WHAT CURIOUS TEETH HE SAID PERHAPS THEY ARE MORE CURIOUS THAN YOU THINK SAID THE ADDER JUST LOOK AT THE TIPS OF THEM AND SEE IF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING TOMMY SMITH LOOKED AS THE ADDER TOLD HIM AND HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A TINY LITTLE HOLE AT THE TIP OF EACH TOOTH WHY MISTER ADDER HE SAID IT SEEMS TO ME AS IF YOUR TEETH WERE HOLLOW AND WANTED STOPPING THEY ARE HOLLOW SAID THE ADDER AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY AT THE ROOT OF EACH OF THEM I HAVE A LITTLE BAG WHICH IS FULL OF POISON YOU CANNOT SEE IT OF COURSE BECAUSE IT IS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLESH OF MY UPPER JAW BUT THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE SEEN ARE VERY OFTEN FELT NOW WHEN I BITE AN ANIMAL THOSE LITTLE BAGS OPEN AND A DROP OR TWO OF POISON RUNS DOWN EACH TOOTH WHERE IT IS HOLLOW SO THAT IT GOES INTO THE FLESH OF THE ANIMAL AND MIXES WITH ITS BLOOD AND DOES THAT KILL IT ASKED TOMMY SMITH OH YES ANSWERED THE ADDER BECAUSE I ONLY BITE SMALL ANIMALS
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