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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. 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
thought he might trust him. So he knelt down and looked. Then the adder opened his mouth, and, as he did so, two little white things like fish-bones seemed to shoot forward into the front part of it. “Those are my two poison-fangs,” he said. “When my mouth is shut, they lie back against my upper jaw, but as soon as I open it to bite anyone, they shoot forward so as to be in the right place.” Tommy Smith looked at the teeth. They were as sharp as needles and 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, 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. OF DOING SO WITHOUT A PROPER REASON HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT TRUST HIM SO HE KNELT DOWN AND LOOKED THEN THE ADDER OPENED HIS MOUTH AND AS HE DID SO TWO LITTLE WHITE THINGS LIKE FISHBONES SEEMED TO SHOOT FORWARD INTO THE FRONT PART OF IT THOSE ARE MY TWO POISONED FANGS HE SAID WHEN MY MOUTH IS SHUT THEY LIE AGAINST THE BACK OF MY UPPER JAW BUT AS SOON AS I OPEN IT TO BITE ANYONE THEY SHOOT FORWARD SO AS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TOMMY SMITH LOOKED AT THE TEETH THEY WERE AS SHARP AS NEEDLES AND 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
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