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"Yes," said the adder; "I am going now, for I have plenty to do. I should not have wasted my time like this, only I heard that poor creature, the grass snake, talking about himself, so I thought I would just show you what a much more important animal I am than he." YES SAID THE ADDER I AM GOING NOW FOR I HAVE PLENTY TO DO I SHOULD NOT HAVE WASTED MY TIME LIKE THIS ONLY I HEARD THAT POOR CREATURE THE GRASSNAKE TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SHOW YOU WHAT A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ANIMAL I AM THAN HE
imal, these little bags open, and a drop or two of poison runs down each tooth where it is hollow, so that it goes into the flesh of that animal and mixes with its blood.” “And does that kill it?” asked Tommy Smith. “Oh yes!” answered the adder; “because I only bite small animals. It would not kill a horse, or a cow, or even a pig, unless it was very young. But it kills field-mice, and shrew-mice, and things of that sort.” “But there is one thing, Mr. Adder, which I don’t understand,” said Tommy Smith. “I thought that one had to swallow poison for it to kill one. But you say that this poison of yours goes into the blood.” “I don’t know anything about poisons that have to be swallowed,” said the adder; “I only know about _my_ poison, and I use that in the way I have told you. _My_ poison must go into the blood. If you were only to swallow it, I daresay it would not hurt you at all.” “I should not like to try,” Tommy Smith said. “But are you going?” for the adder had begun to crawl away. H CANNOT BE SEEN ARE VERY OFTEN FELT NOW WHEN I BITE AN ANIMAL THOSE LITTLE BAGS OPEN AND A DROP OR TWO OF POISON RUNS DOWN EACH TOOTH WHERE IT IS HOLLOW SO THAT IT GOES INTO THE FLESH OF THE ANIMAL AND MIXES WITH ITS BLOOD AND DOES THAT KILL IT ASKED TOMMY SMITH OH YES ANSWERED THE ADDER BECAUSE I ONLY BITE SMALL ANIMALS IT WOULD NOT KILL A HORSE OR A COW OR EVEN A PIG UNLESS IT WAS VERY YOUNG BUT IT KILLS FIELD'S MICE AND SHREW MICE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT BUT THERE IS ONE THING MISTER ADDER WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND SAID TOMMY SMITH I THOUGHT THAT ONE HAD TO SWALLOW POISON FOR IT TO KILL ONE BUT YOU SAY THIS POISON OF YOURS GOES INTO THE BLOOD I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POISON THAT HAS TO BE SWALLOWED SAID THE ADDER I ONLY KNOW ABOUT MY POISON AND I USE THAT IN THE WAY I HAVE TOLD YOU MY POISON MUST GO INTO THE BLOOD IF YOU WERE ONLY TO SWALLOW IT I DARE SAY IT WOULD NOT HURT YOU AT ALL I SHOULD NOT LIKE TO TRY TOMMY SMITH SAID BUT ARE YOU GOING FOR THE ADDER HAD BEGUN TO CRAWL AWAY
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