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"I don't think it was a very _clean_ idea," said Tommy Smith; "but as you were frightened, perhaps you couldn't help it. But now, Mr. Grass Snake, are there any other clever things which you can do, and which are not quite so nasty? I DON'T THINK IT WAS A VERY CLEAN IDEA SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT AS YOU WERE FRIGHTENED PERHAPS YOU COULDN'T HELP IT BUT NOW MISTER GRASSNAKE ARE THERE ANY OTHER CLEVER THINGS WHICH YOU CAN DO AND WHICH ARE NOT QUITE SO NASTY
inner. Then why should you want to kill me for eating mine? No, no; take my advice, and learn this lesson. Never kill one animal for eating another animal.” Tommy Smith thought over this for a little, and it seemed to him to be right. “After all,” he thought, “the frog and the toad eat insects, and if no animal might eat any other animal, then a great many animals would die of starvation, and that would be very dreadful.” So he said to the grass-snake, “Well, Mr. Grass-Snake, I think you are right, and, if you come out of your bush, I will not try to catch you any more.” So the grass-snake came wriggling out again, and then Tommy Smith asked him why he had brought the frogs out of his mouth after he had eaten them. “It was because you frightened me,” said the grass-snake. “You see, I wanted to get away, and, with three frogs inside me, I felt rather heavy. But as soon as the frogs were gone I was much lighter, and could go much quicker. Now don’t you think it was a _very_ clever idea?” IF YOU WERE TO BE KILLED JUST FOR EATING YOUR DINNER THEN WHY SHOULD YOU WANT TO KILL ME FOR EATING MINE NO NO TAKE MY ADVICE AND LEARN THIS LESSON NEVER KILL ONE ANIMAL FOR EATING ANOTHER ANIMAL TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT OVER THIS FOR A LITTLE AND IT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE RIGHT AFTER ALL HE THOUGHT THE FROG AND THE TOAD EAT INSECTS AND IF NO ANIMAL MIGHT EAT ANY OTHER ANIMAL THEN A GREAT MANY ANIMALS WOULD DIE OF STARVATION AND THAT WOULD BE VERY DREADFUL SO HE SAID TO THE GRASSNAKE WELL MISTER GRASSNAKE I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT AND IF YOU COME OUT OF YOUR BUSH I WILL NOT TRY TO CATCH YOU ANY MORE SO THE GRASS SNAKE CAME WRIGGLING OUT AGAIN AND THEN TOMMY SMITH ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD BROUGHT THE FROGS OUT OF HIS MOUTH AFTER HE HAD EATEN THEM IT WAS BECAUSE YOU FRIGHTENED ME SAID THE GRASS NICK YOU SEE I WANTED TO GET AWAY AND WITH THREE FROGS INSIDE ME I FELT RATHER HEAVY BUT AS SOON AS THE FROGS WERE GONE I WAS MUCH LIGHTER AND I COULD GO MUCH QUICKER NOW DON'T YOU THINK IT WAS A VERY CLEVER IDEA
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