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"You see it flies out like the lash of a whip, and my aim is so good that it always hits what I want it to, whether it is a fly or any other insect. Then I bring it back, just as you would bring your finger back to your thumb again, or as the lash of a whip flies back when you jerk the handle. The tip of it goes right down my throat where it was before, and the fly goes down with it." YOU SEE IT FLIES OUT LIKE THE LASH OF A WHIP AND MY AIM IS SO GOOD THAT IT ALWAYS HITS WHAT I WANTED TO WHETHER IT'S A FLY OR ANY OTHER INSECT THEN I BRING IT BACK JUST AS YOU WOULD BRING YOUR FINGER BACK TO YOUR THUMB AGAIN OR AS THE LASH OF A WHIP FLIES BACK WHEN YOU JERK THE HANDLE THE TIP OF IT GOES RIGHT DOWN MY THROAT WHERE IT WAS BEFORE AND THE FLY GOES DOWN WITH IT
I do not use it in the same way. Hold out your hand so that I can hop into it, and then I will show you all about it.” Tommy Smith did as he was told, and—plop! there was the frog sitting in his hand. He at once opened his mouth, which was a very wide one, and allowed Tommy Smith to look at his tongue. What a funny tongue it was! It seemed to be turned backwards, for the tip, which was forked, instead of being just inside the lips as it is with us, was right down the throat, whilst the root of it was where the tip of our tongue is. “But how do you use a tongue like that?” said Tommy Smith. “Put the tip of your forefinger against your thumb,” said the frog; “only, first, you must turn your hand so that the back of it is towards the ground, and the palm upwards.” Tommy Smith did so. “Now shoot your finger back as hard as you can.” Tommy Smith did this too. “That,” said the frog, “is the way I shoot my tongue out of my mouth when I want to catch a fly. Like this”—and he shot it out again. Y TONGUE IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO YOURS AND I DO NOT USE IT IN THE SAME WAY HOLD OUT YOUR HAND SO THAT I CAN HOP INTO IT AND THEN I WILL SHOW YOU ALL ABOUT IT TOMMY SMITH DID AS HE WAS TOLD AND PLOP THERE WAS THE FROG SITTING ON HIS HAND HE AT ONCE OPENED HIS MOUTH WHICH WAS A VERY WIDE MOUTH AND ALLOWED TOMMY SMITH TO LOOK AT HIS TONGUE WHAT A FUNNY TONGUE IT WAS IT SEEMED TO BE TURNED BACKWARDS FOR THE TIP WHICH WAS FORKED INSTEAD OF BEING JUST INSIDE THE LIPS AS IT IS WITH US WAS RIGHT DOWN THE THROAT WHILST THE ROOT OF IT WAS WHERE THE TIP OF OUR TONGUE IS BUT HOW DO YOU USE A TONGUE LIKE THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH PUT THE TIP OF YOUR FOREFINGER AGAINST YOUR THUMB SAID THE FROG ONLY FIRST YOU MUST TURN YOUR HAND SO THAT THE BACK OF IT IS TOWARDS THE GROUND AND THE PALM UPWARDS TOMMY SMITH DID SO NOW SHOOT YOUR FINGERS BACK AS HARD AS YOU CAN TOMMY SMITH DID THIS TOO THAT SAID THE FROG IS THE WAY I SHOOT MY TONGUE OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN I WANT TO CATCH A FLY LIKE THIS AND HE SHOT IT OUT AGAIN
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