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"But you do so much harm," said Tommy Smith. "What harm have I ever done _you_?" said the adder. "You have not done me any harm," said Tommy Smith, "but that is because I have never seen you before now." BUT YOU DO SO MUCH HARM SAID TOMMY SMITH WHAT HARM HAVE I EVER DONE YOU SAID THE ADDER YOU HAVE NOT DONE ME ANY HARM SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE NOW
f, “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_.” 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. But he thought that if he did, the adder might attack him when his back was turned. So he stood quite still, and only said, “Why aren’t you harmless like the grass-snake?” “That is not a very polite question!” said the adder in reply. “_I_ belong to the poisonous branch of the family, and I am proud to belong to it. The grass-snake is a poor creature, and I pity him. I should like to see anyone catch _me_ in the same way that they catch _him_. I would soon teach them the difference between us.” NAKE 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 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 BUT HE THOUGHT THAT IF HE DID THE ADDER MIGHT ATTACK HIM WHEN HIS BACK WAS TURNED SO HE STOOD QUITE STILL AND ONLY SAID WHY AREN'T YOU HARMLESS LIKE THE GRASS SNAKE THAT IS NOT A VERY POLITE QUESTION SAID THE ADDER IN REPLY I BELONG TO THE POISONOUS BRANCH OF THE FAMILY AND I AM PROUD TO BELONG TO IT THE GRASS SNAKE IS A POOR CREATURE AND I PITY HIM I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY ONE CATCH ME IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY CATCH HIM I WOULD SOON TEACH THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US
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