. Fairy roads to Science-Town . , and dis-missed the cat. Little by little the throbbing [47] FAIRY ROADS TO SCIENCE-TOWN throat and the puffy body grew natural, andsoon Warty ventured away in the darkness. ^The next step in my education came whenI surprised Warty taking his early light shower had softened the ground andbrought earthworms to the surface, and hewas attempting to swallow a long worm didnt mean to be swallowed, andas it wriggled and twisted I reckoned Wartywould have to get something else for his break-fast. But by quick jerky motions of his neck-less he
. Fairy roads to Science-Town . , and dis-missed the cat. Little by little the throbbing [47] FAIRY ROADS TO SCIENCE-TOWN throat and the puffy body grew natural, andsoon Warty ventured away in the darkness. ^The next step in my education came whenI surprised Warty taking his early light shower had softened the ground andbrought earthworms to the surface, and hewas attempting to swallow a long worm didnt mean to be swallowed, andas it wriggled and twisted I reckoned Wartywould have to get something else for his break-fast. But by quick jerky motions of his neck-less head the toad gained on the worm; hislittle hands were handy in catching and hold-ing it and pushing it into his big mouth. SoWarty had* his breakfast and the worm wastaken in. Tor closer watching I brought Warty intothe house and put him in a high window first he seemed disturbed at being handledand his rough and clammy skin grew dampand sticky. This exudation, I have read,serves as a defence against his enemies, and [48]. p:si=^-r33x=rir^ 4 i iti.^ I brou^htr Vart^ into fcbe bous@ ^ pyk mm m a l^h window box X
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