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I don't think any fairy would like to wrap herself in _his_ skin." "But are there fairies?" I DON'T THINK ANY FAIRY WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRAP HERSELF IN HIS SKIN BUT ARE THERE FAIRIES
m under the bush, and lay on the ground just at his feet. “Now”, he said, “to begin with, I am a good deal longer than an adder. I should just like to see the adder that was three feet long, and _I_ am an inch longer than that. No, indeed! Whenever you see such a fine, long snake as I am, you may be sure that it is a nice grass-snake, and not a nasty adder.” “I won’t forget that,” said Tommy Smith. “But, I suppose, snakes grow like other animals. How should I be able to tell you from an adder if I were to meet you before you were three feet long?” “Why, by my skin, to be sure!” said the grass-snake. “Look how beautifully it is marked, and what a fine greenish colour it is. I may well be proud of it, for a very great poet indeed has called it ‘enamelled,’ and says that it is fit for a fairy to wrap herself up in. Think of _that_! The adder’s is quite different, only a dull, dirty brown, which I _might_ call ugly if I were ill-natured. But I am _not_, so I will only say that it is plain. N HE USED TO BE AND DIRECTLY HE HAD THE SNAKE CAME GLIDING OUT FROM UNDER THE BUSH AND LAY ON THE GROUND JUST AT HIS FEET NOW HE SAID TO BEGIN WITH I AM A GOOD DEAL LONGER THAN AN ADDER I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE ADDER THAT WAS THREE FEET LONG AND I AM AN INCH LONGER THAN THAT NO INDEED WHENEVER YOU SEE SUCH A FINE LONG SNAKE AS I AM YOU MAY BE SURE THAT IT IS A NICE GRASSNAKE AND NOT A NASTY ADDER I WON'T FORGET THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT SUPPOSE SNAKES GROW LIKE OTHER ANIMALS HOW SHOULD I BE ABLE TO TELL YOU FROM AN ADDER IF I WERE TO MEET YOU BEFORE YOU WERE THREE FEET LONG WHY MY SKIN TO BE SURE SAID THE GRASSNAKE LOOK HOW BEAUTIFULLY IT IS MARKED AND WHAT A FINE GREENISH COLOUR IT IS I MAY WELL BE PROUD OF IT FOR A VERY GREAT POET INDEED HAS CALLED IT ENAMELLED AND SAYS THAT IT IS FIT FOR A FAIRY TO WRAP HERSELF UP AND THINK OF THAT AN ADDER IS QUITE DIFFERENT ONLY A DULL DIRTY BROWN WHICH I MIGHT CALL UGLY IF I WERE ILL NATURED BUT I'M NOT AS SO I WILL ONLY SAY THAT IT IS PLAIN
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