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Tommy Smith was quite shocked when he heard this, and he said, "Take care, Mr. Grass Snake. Frogs and toads are very useful animals, and my friends, too. So I won't let you eat them." TOMMY SMITH WAS QUITE SHOCKED WHEN HE HEARD THIS AND HE SAID TAKE CARE MISTER GRASSNAKE FROGS AND TOADS ARE VERY USEFUL ANIMALS AND MY FRIENDS TOO SO I WON'T LET YOU EAT THEM
esides, how could the fairies get into it without killing you first? I don’t suppose you can change it as the frog and the toad do.” “Not change it!” said the grass-snake. “And why not, pray? I should think myself a very stupid animal if I could not do _that_. Of course I change it, and then it looks and feels quite different to what it did when it was on me. You see, it is only just the outer part which comes off. That is quite thin, and I don’t think you would find it _very_ much harder than the petal of a flower. Some day, perhaps, you may find it if you look about in the grass or the bushes; for I rub myself against the grass or bushes to get it off.” [Illustration: “THERE ARE THREE FROGS IN MY STOMACH AT THE MOMENT”] “Then you do not swallow your skin as the toad does?” Tommy Smith asked. “I should not like to do anything so nasty,” said the grass-snake angrily, “and I wish you wouldn’t keep talking to me about frogs and toads. They are very low animals, and only fit to be eaten.” SHOULD NOT LIKE TO WRAP MYSELF UP IN YOUR SKIN EVEN IF I COULD BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD AND COVERED WITH SCALES AND BESIDES HOW COULD THE FAIRIES GET INTO IT WITHOUT KILLING YOU FIRST I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU CAN CHANGE IT AS THE FROG AND THE TOAD DO NOT CHANGE IT SAID THE GRASSNAKE AND WHY NOT PRAY I SHOULD THINK MYSELF A VERY STUPID ANIMAL IF I COULD NOT DO THAT OF COURSE I CHANGE IT AND THEN IT LOOKS AND FEELS QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT IT DID WHEN IT WAS ON ME YOU SEE IT IS ONLY JUST THE OUTER PART WHICH COMES OFF THAT IS QUITE THIN AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT VERY MUCH HARDER THAN A PETAL OF A FLOWER SOME DAY PERHAPS YOU MAY FIND IT IF YOU LOOK ABOUT IN THE GRASS OR THE BUSHES FOR I RUB MYSELF AGAINST THE GRASS OR BUSHES TO GET IT OFF THEN DO YOU NOT SWALLOW YOUR SKIN AS THE TOAD DOES TOMMY SMITH ASKED I SHOULD NOT LIKE TO DO ANYTHING SO NASTY SAID THE GRASSNAKE ANGRILY AND I WISH YOU WOULDN'T KEEP TALKING TO ME ABOUT FROGS AND TOADS THEY ARE VERY LOW ANIMALS AND ONLY FIT TO BE EATEN
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