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He would look about amongst the trees and bushes, and when he had found a nest, he would take all the eggs that were in it, and not leave even one for the poor mother bird to sit on when she came back. HE WOULD LOOK ABOUT AMONGST THE TREES AND BUSHES AND WHEN HE HAD FOUND A NEST HE WOULD TAKE ALL THE EGGS THAT WERE IN IT AND NOT LEAVE EVEN ONE FOR THE POOR MOTHER BIRD TO SIT ON WHEN SHE CAME BACK
bad as if he really had killed them. Then, if he saw a rat, he would make his dog run after it, and if the poor thing tried to escape by running down a hole, he and the dog together would dig it out, and then the dog would bite it with his sharp teeth until it was quite dead. It never seemed to occur to this boy that the poor rat had done _him_ no harm, and that it might be the father or mother of some little baby rats, who would now die of hunger. Even if the rat got away, he would whip the dog for not catching it, yet the dog had done his best; for, of course, dogs must do what their masters tell them, and cannot know any better. It was just the same with hares or rabbits, squirrels, rooks, or partridges. Indeed, this boy could not see any animal playing about, and doing no harm, without trying to frighten it or to hurt it. When the spring came, and the birds began to build their nests, and to lay their pretty eggs in them, then it is dreadful to think how cruel this Tommy Smith was. TOO WHICH MADE IT EVERY BIT AS SAD AS IF HE REALLY HAD KILLED THEM THEN IF HE SAW A RAT HE WOULD MAKE HIS DOG RUN AFTER IT AND IF THE POOR THING TRIED TO ESCAPE BY RUNNING DOWN A HOLE HE AND THE DOG TOGETHER WOULD DIG IT OUT AND THEN THE DOG WOULD BITE IT WITH HIS SHARP TEETH UNTIL IT WAS QUITE DEAD IT NEVER SEEMED TO OCCUR TO THIS BOY THAT THE POOR RAT HAD DONE HIM NO HARM AND THAT IT MIGHT BE THE FATHER OR MOTHER OF SOME LITTLE BABY RATS WHO WOULD NOW DIE OF HUNGER EVEN IF THE RAT GOT AWAY HE WOULD WHIP THE DOG FOR NOT CATCHING IT YET THE DOG HAD DONE HIS BEST FOR OF COURSE DOGS MUST DO WHAT THEIR MASTERS TELL THEM AND CANNOT KNOW ANY BETTER IT WAS JUST THE SAME WITH HARES OR RABBITS SQUIRRELS ROOKS OR PARTRIDGES INDEED THIS BOY COULD NOT SEE ANY ANIMAL PLAYING ABOUT AND DOING NO HARM WITHOUT TRYING TO FRIGHTEN IT OR TO HURT IT WHEN THE SPRING CAME AND THE BIRDS BEGAN TO BUILD THEIR NESTS AND TO LAY THEIR PRETTY EGGS IN THEM THEN IT IS DREADFUL TO THINK HOW CRUEL THIS TOMMY SMITH WAS
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