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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." 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
e woods. Now I wonder which of them will be the first to have a talk with me. Let me see. The pigeon and the squirrel both live there, for I have often seen them together on the same tree. And then there is the—” Good gracious! What was that just gliding out from under a bush? Tommy Smith gave a start and a jump, and well he might, for it was a large snake, perhaps three feet long. He was so surprised that, at first, he didn’t quite know what to do, and before he had made up his mind, it was too late to do anything, for the snake had wriggled 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.  KNOW THERE ARE A GREAT MANY ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WOODS NOW I WONDER WHICH OF THEM WILL BE THE FIRST TO HAVE A TALK WITH ME LET ME SEE THE PIGEON AND THE SQUIRREL BOTH LIVE THERE FOR I HAVE OFTEN SEEN THEM TOGETHER ON THE SAME TREE AND THEN THERE IS THE GOOD GRACIOUS WHAT WAS THAT JUST GLIDING OUT UNDER A BUSH TOMMY SMITH GAVE A START AND A JUMP AND WELL HE MIGHT FOR IT WAS A LARGE SNAKE PERHAPS THREE FEET LONG HE WAS SO SURPRISED THAT AT FIRST HE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND BEFORE HE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE SNAKE HAD WRIGGLED 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
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