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So he said, "I mean you, if you are the grass snake," in rather a doubtful tone of voice. SO HE SAID I MEAN YOU IF YOU ARE THE GRASSNAKE IN RATHER A DOUBTFUL TONE OF VOICE
 looking at the poor dead frogs that were lying on the grass, and you can think how surprised he was when, all at once, one of them moved a little, and then began to crawl away very slowly. Then the others moved, and began to crawl away too. 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 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.  SMITH WAS TALKING TO THE GRASSNAKE HE KEPT LOOKING AT THE POOR DEAD FROGS THAT WERE LYING ON THE GRASS AND YOU CAN THINK HOW SURPRISED HE WAS WHEN ALL AT ONCE ONE OF THEM MOVED A LITTLE AND THEN BEGAN TO CRAWL AWAY VERY SLOWLY THEN THE OTHERS MOVED AND BEGAN TO CRAWL AWAY TOO 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
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