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"Some are very large, as large as an eagle, and others are a good deal smaller than I am. Here, in England, there are three kinds,—the wood owl, the tawny owl (I can't answer for what _they_ say), and the barn owl. Now _I_, thank goodness, am a barn owl. I must ask you to remember that, because, naturally, I shouldn't like to be mistaken for one of the others." SOME ARE VERY LARGE AS LARGE AS AN EAGLE AND OTHERS ARE A GOOD DEAL SMALLER THAN I AM HERE IN ENGLAND THERE ARE THREE KINDS THE WOOD OWL THE TAWNY OWL I CAN'T ANSWER FOR WHAT THEY SAY AND THE BARN OWL NOW I THANK GOODNESS AM A BARN OWL I MUST ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE NATURALLY I SHOULDN'T LIKE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR ONE OF THE OTHERS
l sat looking at Tommy Smith for a little while, and then he said in a very wise tone of voice, “Guess who I am.” “I think you are the owl,” said Tommy Smith. “That is right,” said the owl. “But what kind of owl do you think I am?” “Oh,” said Tommy Smith, “I suppose you are the owl that says ‘Tu whit, tu whoo.’” “I am _not_,” said the owl very decisively. “I have never said anything so absurd in the whole of my life. Why, what does it mean? Nothing, _I_ should say. It has simply _no_ meaning. What I _do_ say is ‘Shrirr-r-r-r,’ which is very different, is it not now?” “Yes,” said Tommy Smith, “it is very _different_, but”— “Of course it is,” said the owl; “when I say _that_, I feel that I am making a sensible remark.” Tommy Smith didn’t think that “shrirr-r-r-r” was a _much_ more sensible remark than “tu whit, tu whoo,” but he thought he had better not say so, as the owl spoke so positively. “There are a great many different kinds of owls in the world, you know,” the barn-owl continued. ELL THAT IT WAS AN OWL NO OTHER BIRD COULD HAVE SUCH GREAT ROUND EYES AND SUCH A FUNNY WISE LOOKING FACE THE OWL SAT LOOKING AT TOMMY SMITH FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN HE SAID IN A VERY WISE TONE OF VOICE GUESS WHO I AM I THINK YOU ARE THE OWL SAID TOMMY SMITH THAT'S RIGHT SAID THE OWL BUT WHAT KIND OF OWL DO YOU THINK I AMH SAID TOMMY SMITH I SUPPOSE YOU ARE THE OWL THAT SAYS TO WIT TO OO I AM NOT SAID THE OWL VERY DECISIVELY I HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING SO ABSURD IN THE WHOLE OF MY LIFE WHY WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOTHING I SHOULD SAY IT HAS SIMPLY NO MEANING WHAT I DO SAY IS SURE WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT IS IT NOT NOW YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IT IS VERY DIFFERENT BUT OF COURSE IT IS SAID THE OWL WHEN I SAY THAT I FEEL THAT I AM MAKING A SENSIBLE REMARK TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T THINK THAT SURE WAS MUCH MORE SENSIBLE REMARK THAN TO WIT TO WHOM BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER NOT SAY SO AS THE OWL SPOKE SO POSITIVELY THERE ARE A GREAT MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF OWLS IN THE WORLD YOU KNOW THE BARN OWL CONTINUED
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