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Now I really must go, or I shall be late. Good bye,—and, let me see, I think you promised never to throw stones at rooks again." NOW I REALLY MUST GO OR I SHALL BE LATE GOOD BY AND LET ME SEE I THINK YOU PROMISE NEVER TO THROW STONES AT ROOKS AGAIN
s. It would make us nervous. Sometimes (but not very often) a man has watched us without our knowing it, and then he has told everybody about our wonderful trials. But people have not believed him; and other men, who sit at home and see very little, and only believe what they see, have written to say it was all nonsense. But now, when they tell _you_ it is all nonsense, _you_ will not believe _them_, because a rook himself has told you it is all true.” “Oh yes, and I believe it,” said Tommy Smith. “But do tell me what the rook you are going to try has done.” “I cannot tell you that till we have tried him,” said the rook, “for perhaps it may not be true after all. As yet, I do not even know what he is accused of. Perhaps it is of stealing the sticks from another rook’s nest to make his own with. Perhaps it is of something even worse than that. But this you may be sure of, that if we _do_ peck him to death, it will be because he has behaved himself in a manner totally unworthy of a rook.  PROPERLY IF WE THOUGHT A MAN WAS WATCHING US IT WOULD MAKE US NERVOUS SOMETIMES BUT NOT VERY OFTEN A MAN HAS WATCHED US WITHOUT OUR KNOWING IT AND THEN HE HAS TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL TRIALS BUT PEOPLE HAVE NOT BELIEVED HIM AND OTHER MEN WHO SIT AT HOME AND SEE VERY LITTLE AND ONLY BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE HAVE WRITTEN TO SAY IT WAS ALL NONSENSE BUT NOW WHEN THEY TELL YOU IT IS ALL NONSENSE YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THEM BECAUSE A ROOK HIMSELF HAS TOLD YOU IT IS ALL TRUE OH YES AND I BELIEVE IT SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT DO TELL ME WHAT THE ROOK YOU ARE GOING TO TRY HAS DONE I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT UNTIL WE HAVE TRIED HIM SAID THE ROOK FOR PERHAPS IT MAY NOT BE TRUE AFTER ALL AS YET I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT HE IS ACCUSED OF PERHAPS IT IS OF STEALING THE STICKS FROM ANOTHER ROOK'S NEST TO MAKE HIS OWN WITH PERHAPS IT IS OF SOMETHING EVEN WORSE THAN THAT BUT THIS YOU MAY BE SURE OF THAT IF WE DO PECK HIM TO DEATH IT WILL BE BECAUSE HE HAS BEHAVED HIMSELF IN A MANNER TOTALLY UNWORTHY OF A ROOK
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