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So he took them up, and washed them in a little ditch which was close by, and then laid them in a nice long tuft of grass. When he had done that, he came back to where he had left the grass snake, but he did not find him there again. SO HE TOOK THEM UP AND WASHED THEM IN A LITTLE DITCH WHICH WAS CLOSE BY AND THEN LAID THEM IN A NICE LONG TUFT OF GRASS WHEN HE HAD DONE THAT HE CAME BACK TO WHERE HE HAD LEFT THE GRASS SNAKE BUT HE DID NOT FIND HIM THERE AGAIN
rry to be anything else. Yes, we snakes have a happy life. In summer we crawl about and eat frogs, and in winter we find some nice place to go to sleep in.” “Then do you sleep all the winter?” said Tommy Smith. “Of course,” said the grass-snake. “What else is there to do? There are no frogs in winter, and it is cold and unpleasant. The best thing is to go to sleep, and that is what I always do.” Now whilst Tommy Smith was talking to the grass-snake he kept looking at the poor dead frogs that were lying on the grass, and you can think how surprised he was when, all at once, one of them moved a little, and then began to crawl away very slowly. Then the others moved, and began to crawl away too. So they were not dead after all. You see, when a snake eats a frog (or anything else), he does not chew it, as we do, but just swallows it whole, and then sometimes the frog will keep alive for some time inside the snake’s stomach. Tommy Smith spoke to the frogs, but they were too faint to answer. D THE GRASSNAKE OF COURSE I DO I SHOULD BE VERY SORRY TO BE ANYTHING ELSE YES WE SNAKES HAVE A HAPPY LIFE IN SUMMER WE CRAWL ABOUT AND EAT FROGS AND IN WINTER WE FIND SOME NICE PLACE TO GO TO SLEEP IN THEN DO YOU SLEEP ALL THE WINTER SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE SAID THE GRASSNAKE WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO THERE ARE NO FROGS IN WINTER AND IT IS COLD AND UNPLEASANT THE BEST THING IS TO GO TO SLEEP AND THAT IS WHAT I ALWAYS DO NOW TOMMY SMITH WAS TALKING TO THE GRASSNAKE HE KEPT LOOKING AT THE POOR DEAD FROGS THAT WERE LYING ON THE GRASS AND YOU CAN THINK HOW SURPRISED HE WAS WHEN ALL AT ONCE ONE OF THEM MOVED A LITTLE AND THEN BEGAN TO CRAWL AWAY VERY SLOWLY THEN THE OTHERS MOVED AND BEGAN TO CRAWL AWAY TOO SO THEY WERE NOT DEAD AFTER ALL YOU SEE WHEN A SNAKE EATS A FROG OR ANYTHING ELSE HE DOES NOT CHEW IT AS WE DO BUT JUST SWALLOWS IT WHOLE AND THEN SOMETIMES THE FROG WILL KEEP ALIVE FOR SOME TIME INSIDE THE SNAKE'S STOMACH TOMMY SMITH SPOKE TO THE FROGS BUT THEY WERE TOO FAINT TO ANSWER
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