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And the more Tommy Smith learnt about them, the more he liked them, until the animals became his very best friends. Of course, one is never unkind to one's very best friends, and, besides, Tommy Smith had given the owl a promise—in his sleep. AND THE MORE TOMMY SMITH LEARNT ABOUT THEM THE MORE HE LIKED THEM UNTIL THE ANIMALS BECAME HIS VERY BEST FRIENDS OF COURSE ONE IS NEVER UNKIND TO ONE'S VERY BEST FRIENDS AND BESIDES TOMMY SMITH HAD GIVEN THE OWL A PROMISE IN HIS SLEEP
ong as he lived, because, just before he flew away, he had asked him to promise that he wouldn’t. But Tommy Smith had just gone off to sleep then, and so he had had to promise it in his sleep. “And, you know,” said the owl, “that when a promise is made in _that_ way, it is always kept.” Then all the animals clapped their—well, whatever they could clap, and said “Hurrah!” and the meeting broke up. And the owl was right. As Tommy Smith grew older, and became a big boy, he found that animals did not talk to him any more in the way they used to do. It seemed as if they only cared to talk to _little_ boys or girls. But there was one way of having conversations with them, which he got to like better and better, and that was to go out into the woods and fields and watch what they were doing. He soon found that that was quite as interesting as really talking to them. In fact, it _was_ talking to them in another kind of way, for they kept telling him all about themselves, only without speaking. NEVER BE UNKIND TO ANIMALS ANY MORE AS LONG AS HE LIVED BECAUSE JUST BEFORE HE FLEW AWAY HE HAD ASKED HIM TO PROMISE THAT HE WOULDN'T BUT TOMMY SMITH HAD JUST GONE OFF TO SLEEP THEN AND SO HE HAD HAD TO PROMISE IT IN HIS SLEEP AND YOU KNOW SAID THE OWL THAT WHEN A PROMISE IS MADE IN THAT WAY IT IS ALWAYS KEPT THEN ALL THE ANIMALS CLAPPED THERE WELL WHATEVER THEY COULD CLAP AND SAID HURRAH AND THE MEETING BROKE UP AND THE OWL WAS RIGHT AS TOMMY SMITH GREW OLDER AND BECAME A BIG BOY HE FOUND THAT ANIMALS DID NOT TALK TO HIM ANY MORE IN THE WAY THEY USED TO DO IT SEEMED AS IF THEY ONLY CARED TO TALK TO LITTLE BOYS OR GIRLS BUT THERE WAS ONE WAY OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WHICH HE GOT TO LIKE BETTER AND BETTER AND THAT WAS TO GO OUT INTO THE WOODS AND FIELDS AND WATCH WHAT THEY WERE DOING HE SOON FOUND THAT THAT WAS QUITE AS INTERESTING AS REALLY TALKING TO THEM IN FACT IT WAS TALKING TO THEM IN ANOTHER KIND OF WAY FOR THEY KEPT TELLING HIM ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES ONLY WITHOUT SPEAKING
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