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You see, it is only just the outer part which comes off. That is quite thin, and I don't think you would find it _very_ much harder than the petal of a flower. YOU SEE IT IS ONLY JUST THE OUTER PART WHICH COMES OFF THAT IS QUITE THIN AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT VERY MUCH HARDER THAN A PETAL OF A FLOWER
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.” “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. REAT 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 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
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