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"Why do I do it?" answered the grass snake. "Why, because I feel hungry, to be sure. WHY DO I DO IT ANSWERED THE GRASSNAKE WHY BECAUSE I FEEL HUNGRY TO BE SURE
“It comes naturally to me. Nobody can be cleaner or more well-behaved than I am, as long as I am treated properly. But when I am attacked, and my life is in danger, I do the only thing which I can do to protect myself. It is just as if you had a bottle of something which smelt so strongly that when you took out the cork and sprinkled it about, nobody could stay in the room. Now I have something which smells like that, only instead of keeping it in a bottle, I carry it under my skin, and when I want to use it, then, instead of taking out a cork, I just open my skin, and it comes out in little drops all over me.” “Open your skin?” said Tommy Smith. “Why, how do you do that?” “I don’t know _how_ I do it,” said the grass-snake, “but I _do_ do it.” “Well,” Tommy Smith said, “however you do it, I think it is a very nasty habit. And besides, I shouldn’t have caught hold of you if you hadn’t told me that you had been eating frogs. I think it is very cruel of you to eat them. Why do you do it?” D ON THE GRASS WHY I HARDLY KNOW SAID THE GRASSNAKE IT COMES NATURALLY TO ME NOBODY CAN BE CLEANER OR MORE WELL BEHAVED THAN I AM AS LONG AS I AM TREATED PROPERLY BUT WHEN I AM ATTACKED AND MY LIFE IS IN DANGER I DO THE ONLY THING WHICH I CAN DO TO PROTECT MYSELF IT IS JUST AS IF YOU HAD A BOTTLE OF SOMETHING WHICH SMELT SO STRONGLY THAT WHEN YOU TOOK OUT THE CORK AND SPRINKLED IT ABOUT NOBODY COULD STAY IN THE ROOM NOW I HAVE SOMETHING WHICH SMELLS LIKE THAT ONLY INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT IN A BOTTLE I CARRY IT UNDER MY SKIN AND WHEN I WANT TO USE IT THEN INSTEAD OF TAKING OUT A CORK I JUST OPEN MY SKIN AND IT COMES OUT IN LITTLE DROPS ALL OVER ME OPEN YOUR SKIN SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY HOW DO YOU DO THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW I DO IT SAID THE GRASSNAKE BUT I DO DO IT WELL TOMMY SMITH SAID HOWEVER YOU DO IT I THINK IT IS A VERY NASTY HABIT AND BESIDES I SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT HOLD OF YOU IF YOU HADN'T TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD BEEN EATING FROGS I THOUGHT IT VERY CRUEL OF YOU TO EAT THEM WHY DO YOU DO IT
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