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Still, what he _said_ seemed to be sensible, and all _he_ could say, at last, as an answer was, "Oh, it's all very well, but you know you rooks do a great deal of harm." STILL WHAT HE SAID SEEMED TO BE SENSIBLE AND ALL HE COULD SAY AT LEAST AS AN ANSWER WAS OH IT'S ALL VERY WELL BUT YOU KNOW YOU ROOKS DO A GREAT DEAL OF HARM
Would you like anybody to throw stones at you?” Tommy Smith had to confess that he would not like _that_ at all. “Then, do you not know,” the rook went on, looking very grave, “that you ought to do the same to other people that you would like other people to do to you? Have not your father and mother taught you that?” “Oh yes, they have,” said Tommy Smith; “but I don’t think they meant animals.” “They ought to have meant them,” said the rook, “whether they did or not, for animals have feelings as well as human beings. If you are kind to them, they are happy; but if you are unkind to them and hurt them, then they are unhappy. An animal, you know, is a living being like yourself, and surely it is better to make any living being happy than to make it unhappy.” Tommy Smith looked rather ashamed when he heard this, and did not quite know what to say. He thought the rook spoke as if he were preaching a sermon, and then he remembered having heard some old country people talk of “Parson Rook.” ME TO TELL YOU HOW WRONG IT IS SAID THE ROOK WOULD YOU LIKE ANYBODY TO THROW STONES AT YOU TOMMY SMITH HAD TO CONFESS THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL THEN DO YOU NOT KNOW THE ROOK WENT ON LOOKING VERY GRAVE THAT YOU OUGHT TO DO THE SAME TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO TO YOU HAVE NOT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER TAUGHT YOU THAT OH YES THEY HAVE SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT I DON'T THINK THEY MEANT ANIMALS THEY OUGHT TO HAVE MEANT THEM SAID THE ROOK WHETHER THEY DID OR NOT FOR ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS AS WELL AS HUMAN BEINGS IF YOU ARE KIND TO THEM THEY ARE HAPPY BUT IF YOU ARE UNKIND TO THEM AND HURT THEM THEN THEY ARE UNHAPPY AN ANIMAL YOU KNOW IS A LIVING BEING LIKE YOURSELF AND SURELY IT IS BETTER TO MAKE ANY LIVING BEING HAPPY THAN TO MAKE IT UNHAPPY TOMMY SMITH LOOKED RATHER ASHAMED WHEN HE HEARD THIS AND DID NOT QUITE KNOW WHAT TO SAY HE THOUGHT THE ROOK SPOKE AS IF HE WERE PREACHING A SERMON AND THEN HE REMEMBERED HAVING HEARD SOME OLD COUNTRY PEOPLE TALK OF PARSON ROOK
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