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But these creatures are not men or women, but only mice or small birds or frogs. You know I have to eat them, so I may just as well kill them before I begin. The grass snake eats _his_ frogs alive. That is much more cruel than if he killed them first, as I do." BUT THESE CREATURES ARE NOT MEN OR WOMEN BUT ONLY MICE OR SMALL BIRDS OR FROGS YOU KNOW I HAVE TO EAT THEM SO I MAY JUST AS WELL KILL THEM BEFORE I BEGIN THE GRASS SNAKE EATS HIS FROGS ALIVE THAT IS MUCH MORE CRUEL THAN IF HE KILLED THEM FIRST AS I DO
_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.” “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. It is true that my two front teeth are poisonous, and that I can kill some creatures by biting them. AT 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 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 IT IS TRUE THAT MY TWO FRONT TEETH ARE POISONOUS AND THAT I CAN KILL SOME CREATURES BY BITING THEM
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