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So the grass snake came wriggling out again, and then Tommy Smith asked him why he had brought the frogs out of his mouth after he had eaten them. SO THE GRASS SNAKE CAME WRIGGLING OUT AGAIN AND THEN TOMMY SMITH ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD BROUGHT THE FROGS OUT OF HIS MOUTH AFTER HE HAD EATEN THEM
ce. You see, I don’t eat them all. I leave just as many as are wanted, as long as _you_ don’t kill them. But if _you_ were to kill them too, then there would be too few.” Tommy Smith thought a little, and then he said, “Are you obliged to eat them?” “Of course I am,” said the grass-snake, “just as much as you are obliged to eat beef and mutton. You would think it very hard if you were to be killed just for eating your dinner. Then why should you want to kill me for eating mine? No, no; take my advice, and learn this lesson. Never kill one animal for eating another animal.” Tommy Smith thought over this for a little, and it seemed to him to be right. “After all,” he thought, “the frog and the toad eat insects, and if no animal might eat any other animal, then a great many animals would die of starvation, and that would be very dreadful.” So he said to the grass-snake, “Well, Mr. Grass-Snake, I think you are right, and, if you come out of your bush, I will not try to catch you any more.” ND THEN INSTEAD OF BEING USEFUL THEY WOULD BE A NUISANCE YOU SEE I DON'T EAT THEM ALL I LEAVE JUST AS MANY AS ARE WANTED AS LONG AS YOU DON'T KILL THEM BUT IF YOU WERE TO KILL THEM TOO THEN THERE WOULD BE TOO FEW TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT A LITTLE AND THEN HE SAID ARE YOU OBLIGED TO EAT THEM OF COURSE I AM SAID THE GRASS SNAKE JUST AS MUCH AS YOU ARE OBLIGED TO EAT BEEF OR MUTTON YOU WOULD THINK IT VERY HARD IF YOU WERE TO BE KILLED JUST FOR EATING YOUR DINNER THEN WHY SHOULD YOU WANT TO KILL ME FOR EATING MINE NO NO TAKE MY ADVICE AND LEARN THIS LESSON NEVER KILL ONE ANIMAL FOR EATING ANOTHER ANIMAL TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT OVER THIS FOR A LITTLE AND IT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE RIGHT AFTER ALL HE THOUGHT THE FROG AND THE TOAD EAT INSECTS AND IF NO ANIMAL MIGHT EAT ANY OTHER ANIMAL THEN A GREAT MANY ANIMALS WOULD DIE OF STARVATION AND THAT WOULD BE VERY DREADFUL SO HE SAID TO THE GRASSNAKE WELL MISTER GRASSNAKE I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT AND IF YOU COME OUT OF YOUR BUSH I WILL NOT TRY TO CATCH YOU ANY MORE
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