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"Like it?" said the grass snake. "Of course I do. I should be very sorry to be anything else. Yes, we snakes have a happy life. In summer we crawl about and eat frogs, and in winter we find some nice place to go to sleep in." "Then do you sleep all the winter?" LIKE IT SAID THE GRASSNAKE OF COURSE I DO I SHOULD BE VERY SORRY TO BE ANYTHING ELSE YES WE SNAKES HAVE A HAPPY LIFE IN SUMMER WE CRAWL ABOUT AND EAT FROGS AND IN WINTER WE FIND SOME NICE PLACE TO GO TO SLEEP IN THEN DO YOU SLEEP ALL THE WINTER
come into the world we can take care of ourselves, and don’t want anyone to help us.” “I should like to see some of your eggs,” said Tommy Smith. “What are they like?” “They are white,” said the grass-snake, “and they are joined together in a long string, sometimes as many as sixteen or even twenty. So you may think how beautiful they look, like a necklace of very large pearls. Only they are not hard like pearls. Their shell is soft, and not at all like the shell of a bird’s egg.” “I _should_ like to see them,” said Tommy Smith. “Well,” said the grass-snake, “you must look about in manure-heaps, and then, perhaps, you will find some. That is the sort of place that I like to lay them in.” Tommy Smith thought that this was another nasty habit of the grass-snake, but he didn’t like to say so, because he had said it twice before; so, after a little while, he said, “And do you really like being a snake, Mr. Grass-Snake?” You see he had to say something, and he didn’t quite know what to say. RE YOUNG BUT WE SNAKES ARE SO CLEVER THAT AS SOON AS WE COME INTO THE WORLD WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND DON'T WANT ANY ONE TO HELP US I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR EGGS SAID TOMMY SMITH WHAT ARE THEY LIKE THEY ARE WHITE SAID THE GRASSNAKE AND THEY ARE JOINED TOGETHER IN A LONG STRING SOMETIMES AS MANY AS SIXTEEN OR EVEN TWENTY SO YOU MAY THINK HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY LOOK LIKE A NECKLACE OF VERY LARGE PEARLS ONLY THEY ARE NOT HARD LIKE PEARLS THEIR SHELL IS SOFT AND NOT AT ALL LIKE THE SHELL OF A BIRD'S EGG I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH WELL SAID THE GRASSNAKE YOU MUST LOOK ABOUT IN MANURE HEAPS AND THEN PERHAPS YOU WILL FIND SOME THAT IS THE SORT OF PLACE THAT I LIKE TO LAY THEM IN TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ANOTHER NASTY HABIT OF THE GRASSNAKE BUT HE DIDN'T LIKE TO SAY SO BECAUSE HE HAD SAID IT TWICE BEFORE SO AFTER A LITTLE WHILE HE SAID AND DO YOU REALLY LIKE BEING A SNAKE MISTER GRASSNAKE YOU SEE HE HAD TO SAY SOMETHING AND HE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO SAY
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