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"Well," said Tommy Smith, "if that is true, I am glad I didn't kill you. WELL SAID TOMMY SMITH IF THAT IS TRUE I AM GLAD I DIDN'T KILL YOU
mmy Smith out loud. “That, at least, is an animal which I _ought_ to kill, because it is poisonous.” “I beg your pardon,” said a sharp, hissing voice. “I am not an adder, and I am _not_ poisonous.” Tommy Smith looked all about, but he could see nothing. Still, he felt sure that it must be the snake who had spoken, because the voice came from the very centre of the bush into which he had seen it go. So he answered, “Of course it is very easy for you to say that, but everybody knows that snakes are poisonous, and, if you are not a snake, I should just like to know what you are.” “I did not say that I was not a _snake_,” said the voice again. “Of course I am, but I am not an adder for all that. There are two different kinds of snakes in this country. One is the adder, which is poisonous, and the other is the grass-snake, which is quite harmless. Now _I_ am the grass-snake, so if you had killed me, you would have done something very wrong, for you would have killed a poor harmless animal.” RIGGLED AWAY INTO ANOTHER BUSH IT WAS AN ADDER SAID TOMMY SMITH OUT LOUD THAT AT LEAST IS AN ANIMAL WHICH I OUGHT TO KILL BECAUSE IT IS POISONOUS I BEG YOUR PARDON SAID A SHARP HISSING VOICE I AM NOT AN ADDER AND I AM NOT POISONOUS TOMMY SMITH LOOKED ALL ABOUT BUT HE COULD SEE NOTHING STILL HE FELT SURE THAT IT MUST BE THE SNAKE WHO HAD SPOKEN BECAUSE THE VOICE CAME FROM THE VERY CENTRE OF THE BUSH INTO WHICH HE HAD SEEN IT GO SO HE ANSWERED OF COURSE IT IS VERY EASY FOR YOU TO SAY THAT BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SNAKES ARE POISONOUS AND IF YOU ARE NOT A SNAKE I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE I DID NOT SAY THAT I WAS NOT A SNAKE SAID THE VOICE AGAIN OF COURSE I AM BUT I AM NOT AN ADDER FOR ALL THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF SNAKES IN THIS COUNTRY ONE IS THE ADDER WHICH IS POISONOUS AND THE OTHER IS THE GRASS SNAKE WHICH IS QUITE HARMLESS NOW I AM THE GRASS SNAKE SO IF YOU HAD KILLED ME YOU WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING VERY WRONG FOR YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED A POOR HARMLESS ANIMAL
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