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We are happy then, too, but not quite so happy as we are in the springtime, and you won't see us playing such pranks then, although there are a great many more of us together. Oh yes! it is a game, but it is a very useful kind of game, I can tell you." "How is it useful?" asked Tommy Smith. WE ARE HAPPY THEN TOO BUT NOT QUITE SO HAPPY AS WE ARE IN THE SPRINGTIME AND YOU WON'T SEE US PLAYING SUCH PRANKS THEN ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A GREAT MANY MORE OF US TOGETHER OH YES IT IS A GAME BUT IT IS A VERY USEFUL KIND OF GAME I CAN TELL YOU HOW IS IT USEFUL ASKED TOMMY SMITH
e him do such funny things in the air as I do. As for the other birds—well, look at the cuckoo. What do you think of the way in which _he_ flies? Why, he just goes along without doing anything at all. Do you think _he_ could turn head over heels or make the noise with his wings that I do? If he can, then why doesn’t he? I should just like to know that.” “Are you playing a game in the air when you fly like that, Mr. Peewit?” asked Tommy Smith. “Yes,” answered the peewit; “that is just what I am doing. Sometimes I play it by myself, but I like it better when there are some other peewits to play it with me. We do it to amuse ourselves, and because we are so happy and have such good spirits. But it is only in the springtime that we play such games, for we are happier then than at any other time of the year. In the autumn and winter we fly about in great flocks over the fields and marshes, or come down upon them and look for worms and slugs and caterpillars, for those are the things we eat. H HIM FOR A WHOLE DAY YOU WOULD NOT SEE HIM DO SUCH FUNNY THINGS IN THE AIR AS I DO AS FOR THE OTHER BIRDS WHAT LOOK AT THE CUCKOO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE WAY IN WHICH HE FLIES WHY HE JUST GOES ALONG WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL DO YOU THINK HE COULD TURN HEAD OVER HEELS OR MAKE THE NOISE WITH HIS WINGS THAT I DO IF HE CAN THEN WHY DOESN'T HE I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT ARE YOU PLAYING A GAME IN THE AIR WHEN YOU FLY LIKE THAT MISTER PEWIT ASKED TOMMY SMITH YES ANSWERED THE PEWIT THAT IS JUST WHAT I AM DOING SOMETIMES I PLAY IT BY MYSELF BUT I LIKE IT BETTER WHEN THERE ARE SOME OTHER PEWITS TO PLAY WITH ME WE DO IT TO AMUSE OURSELVES AND BECAUSE WE ARE SO HAPPY AND HAVE SUCH GOOD SPIRITS BUT IT IS ONLY IN THE SPRINGTIME THAT WE PLAY SUCH GAMES FOR WE ARE HAPPIER THAN THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR IN THE AUTUMN AND WINTER WE FLY ABOUT IN GREAT FLOCKS OVER THE FIELDS AND MARSHES OR COME DOWN UPON THEM AND LOOK FOR WORMS AND SLUGS AND CATERPILLARS FOR THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE EAT
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