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"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. 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
ned, 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? If there are, I should like to hear about them.” “I can lay eggs,” said the grass-snake, “which is more than the adder can do.” “But can you really lay them?” said Tommy Smith; “and do you make a nest for them, like a bird?” “No,” said the grass-snake. “A bird makes a nest for her eggs because she has to sit on them, and she wants a nice, comfortable place to sit in. Now I don’t sit on my eggs, for that is not at all necessary. I just 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 once safely laid, I don’t bother about them any more.”  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 IF THERE ARE I SHOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THEM I CAN LAY EGGS SAID THE GRASSNAKE WHICH IS MORE THAN THE ADDER CAN DO BUT CAN YOU REALLY LAY THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH AND DO YOU MAKE A NEST FOR THEM LIKE A BIRD NO SAID THE GRASSNAKE A BIRD MAKES A NEST FOR HER EGGS BECAUSE SHE HAS TO SIT ON THEM AND SHE WANTS A NICE COMFORTABLE PLACE TO SIT IN NOW I DON'T SIT ON MY EGGS FOR THAT IS NOT AT ALL NECESSARY I JUST 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
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