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He was very much offended with the grass snake, and he called out to him, "I think that is a very nasty trick to play, indeed." "I thought you wouldn't like it," replied the grass snake, "and that is just why I did it. I wanted you to let me go, and, you see, you very soon had to. HE WAS VERY MUCH OFFENDED WITH THE GRASSNAKE AND HE CALLED OUT TO HIM I THINK THAT IS VERY NASTY TRICK TO PLAY INDEED I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT REPLIED THE GRASSNAKE AND THAT IS JUST WHY I DID IT I WANTED YOU TO LET ME GO AND YOU SEE YOU VERY SOON HAD TO
n’t know what he meant to do. Perhaps he meant to kill the poor snake, which would have been very wrong, as you will see. But before he had time to do anything at all, two curious things happened. One was that the snake opened his mouth very wide indeed, and out of it came first one, then another, and then a third frog. Yes; three large frogs came out of the snake’s mouth, one after the other, and there they all lay on the grass. That was one funny thing, and the other was that, as soon as Tommy Smith caught hold of the snake, the snake began to smell in a way that was not at all pleasant. Indeed, it was such a _very_ nasty smell that Tommy Smith was glad to drop him, so that he got away into the bush again. “Ah, ha!” the snake said, as soon as he was safe, “I thought you wouldn’t hold me very long. Just look at your hand now.” Tommy Smith looked at his hand. It had a thick yellowish fluid on it, which made it feel quite moist, and it was this fluid which had such a disagreeable smell. D CAUGHT HOLD OF HIM BEFORE HE COULD GET AWAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANT TO DO PERHAPS HE MEANT TO KILL THE POOR SNAKE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY WRONG AS YOU WILL SEE BUT BEFORE HE HAD TIME TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL TWO CURIOUS THINGS HAPPENED ONE WAS THAT THE SNAKE OPENED HIS MOUTH VERY WIDE INDEED AND OUT OF IT CAME FIRST ONE THEN ANOTHER AND THEN A THIRD FROG YES THREE LARGE FROGS CAME OUT OF THE SNAKE'S MOUTH ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND THEY ALL LAY ON THE GRASS THAT WAS ONE FUNNY THING AND THE OTHER WAS THAT AS SOON AS TOMMY SMITH CAUGHT HOLD OF THE SNAKE THE SNAKE BEGAN TO SMELL IN A WAY THAT WAS NOT AT ALL PLEASANT INDEED IT WAS A VERY NASTY SMELL THAT TOMMY SMITH WAS GLAD TO DROP HIM SO THAT HE GOT AWAY INTO THE BUSH AGAIN AHA THE SNAKE SAID AS SOON AS HE WAS SAFE I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T HOLD ME VERY LONG JUST LOOK AT YOUR HAND NOW TOMMY SMITH LOOKED AT HIS HAND IT HAD A THICK YELLOWISH FLUID ON IT WHICH MADE IT FEEL QUITE MOIST AND IT WAS THIS FLUID WHICH HAD SUCH A DISAGREEABLE SMELL
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