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"Yes," said the mother peewit; "we are more sensitive than common poultry." YES SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE THAN COMMON POULTRY
them to greedy wretches, who are still worse than themselves. Oh, how wicked men are! Just fancy! They eat our poor little children whilst they are still in their cradles.” “Yes,” said the father peewit, “for the mere pleasure of eating, they will ruin thousands of families.” “Is it so _very_ wicked to eat eggs?” asked Tommy Smith. “I have eaten a great many myself.” “What! peewit’s eggs?” cried both the birds together. “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith feeling _very_ uncomfortable. “But I have often eaten fowl’s eggs.” “That is different,” said the mother peewit. “We will say nothing about that.” “No, no,” said the father peewit. “We do not wish to be censorious.” “What does that mean?” asked Tommy Smith, for it was a long word, and he did not remember having heard it before. “I mean,” said the father peewit, “that if people _only_ ate fowl’s eggs, peewit’s eggs would be let alone, and that would be a very good thing. Fowls, you know, are accustomed to it, but we peewits have finer feelings.” D MEN WHO COME AND TAKE OUR EGGS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD TO EAT AND THEN THEY SELL THEM TO GREEDY WRETCHES WHO ARE STILL WORSE THAN THEMSELVES OH HOW WICKED MEN ARE JUST FANCY THEY EAT OUR POOR LITTLE CHILDREN WHILST THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR CRADLES YES SAID THE FATHER PEWIT FOR THE MERE PLEASURE OF EATING THEY WILL RUIN THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IS IT SO VERY WICKED TO EAT EGGS ASKED TOMMY SMITH I HAVE EATEN A GREAT MANY MYSELF WHAT PEWIT EGGS CRIED BOTH THE BIRDS TOGETHER OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BUT I HAVE OFTEN EATEN FOWLS EGGS OH THAT IS DIFFERENT SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT WE WILL SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT NO NO SAID THE FATHER PEWIT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CENSORIOUS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ASKED TOMMY SMITH FOR IT WAS A LONG WORD AND HE DID NOT REMEMBER HAVING HEARD IT BEFORE I MEAN SAID THE FATHER PEWIT THAT IF PEOPLE ONLY ATE FOWLS EGGS PEWITS EGGS WOULD BE LET ALONE AND THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOWLS YOU KNOW ARE ACCUSTOMED TO IT BUT WE PEWITS HAVE FINER FEELINGS
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