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"_You_ may never have seen _me_," said the adder, "but _I_ have seen _you_ very often. Sometimes I have been quite near to where you were walking, but when I have heard you coming, I have just crawled out of the way, and let you go by without hurting you. Now don't you think that was very good of me? YOU MAY NEVER HAVE SEEN ME SAID THE ADDER BUT I HAVE SEEN YOU VERY OFTEN SOMETIMES I HAVE BEEN QUITE NEAR TO WHERE YOU WERE WALKING BUT WHEN I HAVE HEARD YOU COMING I HAVE JUST CRAWLED OUT OF THE WAY AND LET YOU GO BY WITHOUT HURTING YOU NOW DON'T YOU THINK THAT WAS VERY GOOD OF ME
leave me alone because I am poisonous,” said the adder. “For if you were to try to kill me, I should have to bite you, and then, perhaps, _I_ should kill _you_.” Tommy Smith did not like this remark of the adder’s at all. He began to feel afraid himself, and he would have liked to have run away. But he thought that if he did, the adder might attack him when his back was turned. So he stood quite still, and only said, “Why aren’t you harmless like the grass-snake?” “That is not a very polite question!” said the adder in reply. “_I_ belong to the poisonous branch of the family, and I am proud to belong to it. The grass-snake is a poor creature, and I pity him. I should like to see anyone catch _me_ in the same way that they catch _him_. I would soon teach them the difference between us.” “But you do so much harm,” said Tommy Smith. “What harm have I ever done _you_?” said the adder. “You have not done me any harm,” said Tommy Smith, “but that is because I have never seen you before now.” TO KILL YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE POISONOUS I THINK YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE ME ALONE BECAUSE I AM POISONOUS SAID THE ADDER FOR IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO KILL ME I SHOULD HAVE TO BITE YOU AND THEN PERHAPS I SHOULD KILL YOU TOMMY SMITH DID NOT LIKE THIS REMARK OF THE ADDERS AT ALL HE BEGAN TO FEEL AFRAID HIMSELF AND HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE RUN AWAY BUT HE THOUGHT THAT IF HE DID THE ADDER MIGHT ATTACK HIM WHEN HIS BACK WAS TURNED SO HE STOOD QUITE STILL AND ONLY SAID WHY AREN'T YOU HARMLESS LIKE THE GRASS SNAKE THAT IS NOT A VERY POLITE QUESTION SAID THE ADDER IN REPLY I BELONG TO THE POISONOUS BRANCH OF THE FAMILY AND I AM PROUD TO BELONG TO IT THE GRASS SNAKE IS A POOR CREATURE AND I PITY HIM I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY ONE CATCH ME IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY CATCH HIM I WOULD SOON TEACH THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US BUT YOU DO SO MUCH HARM SAID TOMMY SMITH WHAT HARM HAVE I EVER DONE YOU SAID THE ADDER YOU HAVE NOT DONE ME ANY HARM SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE NOW
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