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So you may think how beautiful they look, like a necklace of very large pearls. Only they are not hard like pearls. SO YOU MAY THINK HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY LOOK LIKE A NECKLACE OF VERY LARGE PEARLS ONLY THEY ARE NOT HARD LIKE PEARLS
id them there, I go away and leave them. I have no time to sit on them like a bird. I am much too busy.” “But how are your eggs ever hatched?” said Tommy Smith. “Oh,” said the grass-snake, “I am so clever that I know the heat of the place where they lie will be enough to hatch them. So when they are once safely laid, I don’t bother about them any more.” “Yes,” said Tommy Smith; “but if you go away, who is there to look after the young snakes when they come out of the egg?” “They look after themselves,” said the grass-snake. “Birds are like little boys and girls. They are great babies, and want someone to take care of them whilst they are 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 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. T FIND A NICE WARM MOIST PLACE FOR THEM AND WHEN I HAVE LAID THEM THERE I GO AWAY AND LEAVE THEM I HAVE NO TIME TO SIT ON THEM LIKE A BIRD I AM MUCH TOO BUSY BUT HOW ARE YOUR EGGS EVER HATCHED SAID TOMMY SMITH OH SAID THE GRASS SNAKE I AM SO CLEVER THAT I KNOW THE HEAT OF THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIE WILL BE ENOUGH TO HATCH THEM SO WHEN THEY ARE SAFELY LAID I DON'T BOTHER ABOUT THEM ANY MORE YES SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT IF YOU GO AWAY WHO IS THERE TO LOOK AFTER THE YOUNG SNAKES WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE EGG THEY LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES SAID THE GRASSNAKE BIRDS ARE LIKE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS THEY ARE GREAT BABIES AND WANT SOME ONE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM WHILST THEY ARE 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
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