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"Well," said the adder, "I think you might walk about a long while asking people before you found anyone that I had done any harm to. I never interfere with people unless they interfere with me, so I think the best thing they can do is just to let me alone. WELL SAID THE ADDER I THINK YOU MIGHT WALK ABOUT A LONG WHILE ASKING PEOPLE BEFORE YOU FOUND ANY ONE THAT I HAVE DONE ANY HARM TO I NEVER INTERFERE WITH PEOPLE UNLESS THEY INTERFERE WITH ME SO I THINK THE BEST THING THEY CAN DO IS JUST TO LET ME ALONE
eature, 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.” “_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? I should just like to know what you have to complain of.” “You have never hurt me, I know,” said Tommy Smith. “But think how many people you do hurt.” “Do you know anybody that I have hurt?” asked the adder. “No,” answered Tommy Smith, “I don’t know anybody; but I am sure you must have hurt a great many people, because you are poisonous.” AMILY 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 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 I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLAIN OF YOU HAVE NEVER HURT ME I KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT I THINK HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU DO HURT DO YOU KNOW ANY ONE THAT I HAVE HURT ASKED THE ADDER NO ANSWERED TOMMY SMITH I DON'T KNOW ANY ONE BUT I AM SURE YOU MUST HAVE HURT A GREAT MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE POISONOUS
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