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"Yes, they are very nice eggs," he said at last, as he got up from his hands and knees. "Are they good to eat?" YES THEY ARE VERY NICE EGGS HE SAID AT LAST AS HE GOT UP FROM HIS HANDS AND KNEES ARE THEY GOOD TO EAT
in something in the way he chipped the shell, and he has lain in a thoughtful attitude ever since he came out.” “I am glad to hear it,” said the father peewit. And then they both looked up at Tommy Smith, as if they expected him to say something. But Tommy Smith was too busy to say anything just then. He had gone down on his hands and knees, and was looking at the eggs, for they interested him more even than the little peewit that had just been hatched. They were such funny-shaped eggs, large at one end and pointed at the other, something like a small pear, Tommy Smith thought, and they lay in the little hollow with their pointed ends all meeting together in the middle of it. They were of a greenish yellow colour, with great black splotches upon them. Of course they were much smaller than the eggs that a hen lays, but still, Tommy Smith thought, they were large eggs for a peewit to lay. A peewit is hardly so large as a pigeon, but these eggs were a good deal larger than a pigeon’s egg.  ADDED THERE WAS A CERTAIN SOMETHING IN THE WAY HE CHIPPED THE SHELL AND HE HAS LAIN IN A THOUGHTFUL ATTITUDE EVER SINCE HE CAME OUT I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT SAID THE FATHER PEWIT AND THEN THEY BOTH LOOKED UP AT TOMMY SMITH AS IF THEY EXPECTED HIM TO SAY SOMETHING BUT TOMMY SMITH WAS TOO BUSY TO SAY ANYTHING JUST THEN HE HAD GONE DOWN ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE EGGS FOR THEY INTERESTED HIM MORE EVEN THAN THE LITTLE PEWIT THAT HAD JUST BEEN HATCHED THEY WERE SUCH FUNNY SHAPED EGGS LARGE AT ONE END AND POINTED AT THE OTHER SOMETHING LIKE A SMALL PEAR THOMAS SMITH THOUGHT AND THEY LAY IN THE LITTLE HOLLOW WITH THEIR POINTED ENDS ALL MEETING TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THEY WERE OF A GREENISH YELLOW COLOR WITH GREAT BLACK SPLOTCHES UPON THEM OF COURSE THEY WERE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE EGGS THAT A HEN LAYS BUT STILL TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THEY WERE LARGE EGGS FOR A PEEWIT TO LAY A PEWIT IS HARDLY SO LARGE AS A PIGEON BUT THESE EGGS WERE A GOOD DEAL LARGER THAN A PIGEON'S EGG
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