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"It must be something like swinging, I think," said Tommy Smith. "Yes," said the woodpigeon; "only you swing upon nothing, and you only swing forwards. Oh, how cool and fresh the air is, even on the hottest day in summer! The sun seems shining quite near to me, and the sky is like a great blue sea that I am swimming through; but oh, so quickly! quicker than any fish can swim. When I look up, I see great white ships with all their sails set. IT MUST BE SOMETHING LIKE SWINGING I THINK SAID TOMMY SMITH YES SAID THE WOODPIGEON ONLY YOU SWING UPON NOTHING AND YOU ONLY SWING FORWARD OH HOW COOL AND FRESH THE AIR IS EVEN ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF SUMMER THE SUN SEEMS SHINING QUITE NEAR TO ME AND THE SKY IS LIKE A GREAT BLUE SEA THAT I AM SWIMMING THROUGH BUT OH SO QUICKLY QUICKER THAN ANY FISH CAN SWIM WHEN I LOOK UP I SEE GREAT WHITE SHIPS WITH ALL THEIR SAILS SET
he seventeenth branch,” said Tommy Smith. “Of course I do,” said the woodpigeon. “I have my nest there, and my wife is sitting on the eggs now.” “Oh, do let me see them,” cried Tommy Smith. “Oh no,” said the woodpigeon. “They are too high up for that. You would not be able to climb so far, and you cannot fly as we birds do, for you are only a poor boy, and have no wings.” “I wish I had wings,” said Tommy Smith. “Is it very nice to fly, Mr. Woodpigeon?” “It is nicer than anything else in the whole world,” the woodpigeon answered. “Just fancy floating along high above everything, as if the air were water, and you were a boat. Only you go much quicker than a boat does, and sometimes you need not use the oars at all.” “Your wings are the oars, I suppose,” said Tommy Smith. “Yes, indeed,” said the woodpigeon, “and how fast they row me along. Swish! swish! swish! and when I am tired I just spread them out and float along without using them. That is delightful. I call it resting on my wings.”  HALF WAY UP ON THE SEVENTEENTH STORY I SUPPOSE YOU MEAN THE SEVENTEENTH BRANCH SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE I DO SAID THE WOODPIGEON I HAVE MY NEST THERE AND MY WIFE IS SITTING ON THE EGGS NOW OH DO LET ME SEE THEM CRIED TOMMY SMITH OH NO SAID THE WOODPIGEON THEY ARE TOO HIGH UP FOR THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLIMB SO FAR AND YOU CANNOT FLY AS WE BIRDS DO FOR YOU ARE ONLY A POOR BOY AND HAVE NO WINGS I WISH I HAD WINGS SAID TOMMY SMITH IS IT VERY NICE TO FLY MISTER WOODPIGEON IT IS NICER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD THE WOODPIGEON ANSWERED JUST FANCY FLOATING ALONG HIGH ABOVE EVERYTHING AS IF THE AIR WERE WATER AND YOU WERE A BOAT ONLY YOU CAN GO MUCH QUICKER THAN A BOAT DOES AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED NOT USE THE OARS AT ALL YOUR WINGS ARE THE OARS I SUPPOSE SAID TOMMY SMITH YES INDEED SAID THE WOODPIGEON AND HOW FAST THEY ROW ME ALONG SWISH SWISH SWISH AND WHEN I AM TIRED I JUST SPREAD THEM OUT AND FLOAT ALONG WITHOUT USING THEM THAT IS DELIGHTFUL I CALL IT RESTING ON MY WINGS
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