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Tommy Smith did not like this remark of the adder's at all. He began to feel afraid himself, and he would have liked to have run away. TOMMY SMITH DID NOT LIKE THIS REMARK OF THE ADDERS AT ALL HE BEGAN TO FEEL AFRAID HIMSELF AND HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE RUN AWAY
r.” And as the adder said this, he came crawling out from a little clump of furze-bush, where he had lain hidden. Tommy Smith saw that what the grass-snake had said was true, for the adder’s body was shorter and of a duller colour than the grass-snake’s. His head, too, was different. It was flatter, and swelled out more on each side where it joined the neck, so that the neck looked smaller in proportion to the size of the head. Altogether, Tommy Smith felt sure that the next time he went out for a walk and saw a snake, he would be able to tell whether it was a grass-snake or an adder. “And if it is an adder,” he said to himself, “why, I ought to kill it.” And then he said out loud, “Mr. Adder, you don’t seem at all afraid of me; but, do you know, I think I ought to kill you, because you are poisonous.” “_I_ think you ought to leave me alone because I am poisonous,” said the adder. “For if you were to try to kill me, I should have to bite you, and then, perhaps, _I_ should kill _you_.”   I AM SOMETHING BETTER THAN A GRASSNAKE I AM AN ADDER AND AS THE ADDER SAID THIS HE CAME CRAWLING OUT FROM A LITTLE CLUMP OF FURZE BUSH WHERE HE HAD LAID HIDDEN TOMMY SMITH SAW THAT WHAT THE GRASSNAKE HAD SAID WAS TRUE FOR THE ADDER'S BODY WAS SHORTER AND OF A DULLER COLOR THAN THE GRASSNAKE'S HIS HEAD TOO WAS DIFFERENT IT WAS FLATTER AND SWELLED OUT MORE ON EACH SIDE WHERE IT JOINED THE NECK SO THAT THE NECK LOOKED SMALLER IN PROPORTION TO THE SIZE OF THE HEAD ALTOGETHER TOMMY SMITH FELT SURE THAT THE NEXT TIME HE WENT OUT FOR A WALK AND SAW A SNAKE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL WHETHER IT WAS A GRASS SNAKE OR AN ADDER AND IF IT IS AN ADDER HE SAID TO HIMSELF WHY I OUGHT TO KILL IT AND THEN HE SAID OUT LOUD MISTER ADDER YOU DON'T SEEM AT ALL AFRAID OF ME BUT DO YOU KNOW I THINK I OUGHT TO KILL YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE POISONOUS I THINK YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE ME ALONE BECAUSE I AM POISONOUS SAID THE ADDER FOR IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO KILL ME I SHOULD HAVE TO BITE YOU AND THEN PERHAPS I SHOULD KILL YOU 
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