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"But how am I to know which is one and which is the other?" asked Tommy Smith. BUT HOW AM I TO KNOW WHICH IS ONE AND WHICH IS THE OTHER ASKED TOMMY SMITH
re poisonous, and, if you are not a snake, I should just like to know what you are.” “I did not say that I was not a _snake_,” said the voice again. “Of course I am, but I am not an adder for all that. There are two different kinds of snakes in this country. One is the adder, which is poisonous, and the other is the grass-snake, which is quite harmless. Now _I_ am the grass-snake, so if you had killed me, you would have done something very wrong, for you would have killed a poor harmless animal.” “Well,” said Tommy Smith, “if that is true, I am glad I didn’t kill you. But are you quite sure?” “If you don’t believe _me_,” said the snake, “you must get some good book of natural history, and there you will find it mentioned that we grass-snakes are quite harmless. It is the great superiority which our family have always had over that of the adder. People may call _him_ a ‘poisonous reptile,’ but they cannot speak of _us_ in that way. If they were to, they would only show their ignorance.” EASY FOR YOU TO SAY THAT BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SNAKES ARE POISONOUS AND IF YOU ARE NOT A SNAKE I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE I DID NOT SAY THAT I WAS NOT A SNAKE SAID THE VOICE AGAIN OF COURSE I AM BUT I AM NOT AN ADDER FOR ALL THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF SNAKES IN THIS COUNTRY ONE IS THE ADDER WHICH IS POISONOUS AND THE OTHER IS THE GRASS SNAKE WHICH IS QUITE HARMLESS NOW I AM THE GRASS SNAKE SO IF YOU HAD KILLED ME YOU WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING VERY WRONG FOR YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED A POOR HARMLESS ANIMAL WELL SAID TOMMY SMITH IF THAT IS TRUE I AM GLAD I DIDN'T KILL YOU BUT ARE YOU QUITE SURE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME SAID THE SNAKE YOU MUST GET SOME GOOD BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THERE YOU WILL FIND IT MENTIONED THAT WE GRASSNAKES ARE QUITE HARMLESS IT IS THE GREAT SUPERIORITY WHICH OUR FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS HAD OVER THAT OF THE ADDER PEOPLE MAY CALL HIM A POISONOUS REPTILE BUT THEY CANNOT SPEAK OF US IN THAT WAY IF THEY WERE TO THEY WOULD ONLY SHOW THEIR IGNORANCE
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