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Tommy Smith saw that what the grass snake had said was true, for the adder's body was shorter and of a duller colour than the grass snake's. His head, too, was different. It was flatter, and swelled out more on each side where it joined the neck, so that the neck looked smaller in proportion to the size of the head. TOMMY SMITH SAW THAT WHAT THE GRASSNAKE HAD SAID WAS TRUE FOR THE ADDER'S BODY WAS SHORTER AND OF A DULLER COLOR THAN THE GRASSNAKE'S HIS HEAD TOO WAS DIFFERENT IT WAS FLATTER AND SWELLED OUT MORE ON EACH SIDE WHERE IT JOINED THE NECK SO THAT THE NECK LOOKED SMALLER IN PROPORTION TO THE SIZE OF THE HEAD
ts 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. 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. “Where are you?” he called out. “Do you mean me?” said a voice quite near him. It was a hissing voice, certainly, and sounded a good deal like the grass-snake’s. But still it did not sound quite the same, Tommy Smith thought. So he said, “I mean you, if you are the grass-snake,” in rather a doubtful tone of voice. “No, indeed,” hissed the voice again, “I am something better than a grass-snake. _I_ am an adder.” And as the adder said this, he came crawling out from a little clump of furze-bush, where he had lain hidden. OO 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 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 WHERE ARE YOU HE CALLED DO YOU MEAN ME SAID A VOICE QUITE NEAR HIM IT WAS A HISSING VOICE CERTAINLY AND SOUNDED A GOOD DEAL LIKE THE GRASSNAKE'S BUT STILL IT DID NOT SOUND QUITE THE SAME TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT SO HE SAID I MEAN YOU IF YOU ARE THE GRASSNAKE IN RATHER A DOUBTFUL TONE OF VOICE NO INDEED HISSED THE VOICE AGAIN I AM SOMETHING BETTER THAN A GRASSNAKE I AM AN ADDER AND AS THE ADDER SAID THIS HE CAME CRAWLING OUT FROM A LITTLE CLUMP OF FURZE BUSH WHERE HE HAD LAID HIDDEN
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