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"Perhaps they are more curious than you think," said the adder; "just look at the tips of them, and see if you notice anything." PERHAPS THEY ARE MORE CURIOUS THAN YOU THINK SAID THE ADDER JUST LOOK AT THE TIPS OF THEM AND SEE IF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING
th didn’t quite like the idea of kneeling down and putting his face close to the mouth of the adder. He had heard of men who put their heads inside a lion’s mouth, and he thought that this would be almost as dangerous. However, the adder promised not to bite him, and as he said he never _had_ bitten a little boy in the whole of his life, and should not think of doing so without a proper reason, he thought he might trust him. So he knelt down and looked. Then the adder opened his mouth, and, as he did so, two little white things like fish-bones seemed to shoot forward into the front part of it. “Those are my two poison-fangs,” he said. “When my mouth is shut, they lie back against my upper jaw, but as soon as I open it to bite anyone, they shoot forward so as to be in the right place.” Tommy Smith looked at the teeth. They were as sharp as needles and almost as thin, but they were not straight like common needles, but curved backwards like crochet-needles. “What curious teeth!” he said. ABOUT IT TO YOU TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T QUITE LIKE THE IDEA OF KNEELING DOWN AND PUTTING HIS FACE CLOSE TO THE MOUTH OF THE ADDER HE HAD HEARD OF MEN WHO PUT THEIR HEADS INSIDE A LION'S MOUTH AND HE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE ALMOST AS DANGEROUS HOWEVER THE ADDER PROMISED NOT TO BITE HIM AND AS HE SAID HE NEVER HAD BITTEN A LITTLE BOY IN THE WHOLE OF HIS LIFE AND SHOULD NOT THINK OF DOING SO WITHOUT A PROPER REASON HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT TRUST HIM SO HE KNELT DOWN AND LOOKED THEN THE ADDER OPENED HIS MOUTH AND AS HE DID SO TWO LITTLE WHITE THINGS LIKE FISHBONES SEEMED TO SHOOT FORWARD INTO THE FRONT PART OF IT THOSE ARE MY TWO POISONED FANGS HE SAID WHEN MY MOUTH IS SHUT THEY LIE AGAINST THE BACK OF MY UPPER JAW BUT AS SOON AS I OPEN IT TO BITE ANYONE THEY SHOOT FORWARD SO AS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TOMMY SMITH LOOKED AT THE TEETH THEY WERE AS SHARP AS NEEDLES AND ALMOST AS THIN BUT THEY WERE NOT STRAIGHT LIKE COMMON NEEDLES BUT CURVED BACKWARDS LIKE CROCHET NEEDLES WHAT CURIOUS TEETH HE SAID
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