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It hopped along and the soldier followed, until all at once it had vanished. Then a hedgehog came rustling along. "Come with me and I'll show you the stile," it said. "Go with you? not if I know it." But in spite of his remark the hedgehog followed him. Next an adder joined them. It was very genteel; it lisped and could twist itself into a knot. "Follow me," it said, "I will show you the stile."
"Keep him away, keep him away," screamed Joel, trying to turn his back on both of them. But Polly caught sight of a dangling thing hanging from his clenched hands. "Oh, Joel!" She gave one scream, "It's a snake!" "I know it," said Joel, trying to twitch back again; "it's an ugly mean old adder, Polly, but he's most dead. I've squeezed his neck." "Let me see him," cried Polly. "Turn around, Joel.
It rolled and reared and wriggled, tossing and tumbling the adder; but all in vain. Alas! light-hearted lizard, servant and trustful companion of man, thou art joined in woeful issue! There can be no deliverance for thy jewelled head from that slow, all-absorbing chancery! No striving, no pushing with frenzied fingers, no lashing with that whip-like tail may now avail.
But probably the `adder' experiment was convincing enough, eh?" "It was indeed," assented Dick with a little reminiscent shudder. "But look here, Doctor, you say that you hypnotised me. When did you do it? I didn't see you do anything peculiar."
So is the wholly mythical puff adder. In hardly less degree is the tarantula "deadly," while varying lethal capacities are ascribed to the centipede, the scorpion, the kissing-bug, and sundry other forms of insect life. The whole matter is based upon the slenderest foundations. I don't mean, by this, that these ill-famed species are wholly innocuous.
In this manner he came up to Montparnasse without being seen or heard, gently insinuated his hand into the back pocket of that frock-coat of fine black cloth, seized the purse, withdrew his hand, and having recourse once more to his crawling, he slipped away like an adder through the shadows.
This creek, which ran through fine, open downs, was followed until its course was lost in the flooded country, which is the end of most inland creeks. The last permanent water on it was named the Adder Waterholes, on account of the number of death-adders killed there.
They had heard of settlers and others who had been lost in the fatal labyrinth of the Australian bush, and now they saw how easily it might be true. "We may as well sit down here and rest; we shall do no good till night. What, are you in pain, George?" "Yes, Tom, a little." "Where?" "Something gnaws my stomach like an adder."
The swordsman crossed blades with him, and at the first pass Wogan realised with dismay that his enemy was a swordsman in knowledge as well as in the possession of the weapon. He had a fencer's suppleness of wrist and balance of body; he pressed Wogan hard and without flurry. The blade of his sword made glittering rings about Wogan's, and the point struck at his breast like an adder.
Do you know what sort of a snake it is?" "How should I? You wouldn't tell me." "Well, you talk as if it was a little adder, foot and half long, or a snake at home that you might pick up in your hand. Why, it's a real rattlesnake." "Oh!" I exclaimed, excitedly. "Over six foot long, and as thick as my wrist." "Pooh!"
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