` How am I to live without him ? ' But the snake took no notice , and only answered , ` Put in your other arm too . ' ` What is the use of that ? ' she asked , ` when it has no hand to feel with ? ' but all the same she did as she was bid , and in an instant the wounded arm touched something round and soft , lying between two stones in a clump of reeds . ` My baby , my baby ! ' she shouted , and lifted him up , merry and laughing , and not a bit hurt or frightened . ` Have you found him this time ? ' asked the snake . ` Yes , oh , yes ! ' she answered , ` and , why -- why -- I have got my hand back again ! ' and from sheer joy she burst into tears . The snake let her weep for a little while , and then he said -- ` Now we will journey on to my family , and we will all repay you for the kindness you showed to me . ' ` You have done more than enough in giving me back my hand , ' replied the girl ; but the snake only smiled . ` Be quick , lest the sun should set , ' he answered , and began to wriggle along so fast that the girl could hardly follow him . By and bye they arrived at the house in a tree where the snake lived , when he was not travelling with his father and mother . And he told them all his adventures , and how he had escaped from his enemy . The father and mother snake could not do enough to show their gratitude . They made their guest lie down on a hammock woven of the strong creepers which hung from bough to bough , till she was quite rested after her wanderings , while they watched the baby and gave him milk to drink from the cocoa-nuts which they persuaded their friends the monkeys to crack for them . They even managed to carry small fruit tied up in their tails for the baby 's mother , who felt at last that she was safe and at peace .
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