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They thought the first thing to do was for all of them to meet together and have a good talk about it. In a wood, not far off, there was a nice open space where the ground was smooth and covered with moss. THEY THOUGHT THE FIRST THING TO DO WAS FOR ALL OF THEM TO MEET TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD TALK ABOUT IT IN A WOOD NOT FAR OFF THERE WAS A NICE OPEN SPACE WHERE THE GROUND WAS SMOOTH AND COVERED WITH MOSS
 eggs in them, then it is dreadful to think how cruel this Tommy Smith was. 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. Indeed, he would often tear down the nest too, after he had taken the eggs. Perhaps you will wonder what he did with these eggs. Well, when he had brought them home and shown them to his father and mother, who never thought of scolding him, or to his little brothers and sisters (for he was the eldest of the family), he would throw them away, and think no more about them. If he had left them in the nest, then out of each pretty little egg would have come a pretty little bird. But now, for every egg he had taken away, there was one bird less to sing in the woods in the spring and summer. At last this boy became such a nuisance to all the animals round about, that they determined to punish him in some way or other.  S AND TO LAY THEIR PRETTY EGGS IN THEM THEN IT IS DREADFUL TO THINK HOW CRUEL THIS TOMMY SMITH WAS 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 INDEED HE WOULD OFTEN TEAR DOWN THE NEST TOO AFTER HE HAD TAKEN THE EGGS PERHAPS YOU WILL WONDER WHAT HE DID WITH THESE EGGS WELL WHEN HE HAD BROUGHT THEM HOME AND SHOWN THEM TO HIS FATHER AND MOTHER WHO NEVER THOUGHT OF SCOLDING HIM OR TO HIS LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR HE WAS THE ELDEST OF THE FAMILY HE WOULD THROW THEM AWAY AND THINK NO MORE ABOUT THEM IF HE HAD LEFT THEM IN THE NEST THEN OUT OF EACH PRETTY LITTLE EGG WOULD HAVE COME A PRETTY LITTLE BIRD BUT NOW FOR EVERY EGG HE HAD TAKEN AWAY THERE WAS ONE BIRD LESS TO SING IN THE WOODS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER AT LAST THIS BOY BECAME SUCH A NUISANCE TO ALL THE ANIMALS ROUND ABOUT THAT THEY DETERMINED TO PUNISH HIM IN SOME WAY OR OTHER 
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