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"Why shouldn't we?" said the father woodpigeon. "Why, because it would be stupid,—and wrong too," he added after a pause, during which he seemed to be thinking. "There is a still stronger reason," said the mother woodpigeon, "the strongest of _all_ reasons; at least, _I_ cannot imagine one stronger. WHY SHOULDN'T WE SAID THE FATHER PIGEON WHY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE STUPID AND WRONG TO HE ADDED AFTER A PAUSE DURING WHICH HE SEEMED TO BE THINKING THERE IS STILL A STRONGER REASON SAID THE MOTHER WOULD PIGEON THE STRONGEST OF ALL REASONS AT LEAST I CANNOT IMAGINE ONE STRONGER
 do that?” asked Tommy Smith. “I won’t say that,” answered the mother woodpigeon. “There are some other birds, I believe, who have followed our example.” “Yes, they imitate us,” said the father woodpigeon; “but they can never be pigeons, however much they try to be.” “Never,” said the mother woodpigeon. “They don’t drink water as we do. That is the test.” “Why, how do you drink water?” asked Tommy Smith. “Don’t you drink it like other birds?” “I should think not,” said the father woodpigeon. “Other birds take a little in their bills, and then lift their heads up and let it run down their throats, but we pigeons would be ashamed to drink in such a way as that. We keep our beaks in the water all the time, and suck it up into our throats. That is how _we_ drink, and nothing could make us do it differently. We don’t lift _our_ heads up.” “But why shouldn’t you lift them up?” said Tommy Smith; for he thought to himself, “If all the other birds drink like that, it ought to be the right way.” F THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WORLD IS IT ONLY PIGEONS THAT DO THAT ASKED TOMMY SMITH I WON'T SAY THAT ANSWERED THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THERE ARE SOME OTHER BIRDS I BELIEVE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR EXAMPLE YES THEY IMITATE US SAID THE FATHERWOOD PIGEON BUT THEY CAN NEVER BE PIGEONS HOWEVER MUCH THEY TRY TO BE NEVER SAID THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THEY DON'T DRINK WATER AS WE DO THAT IS THE TEST WHY HOW DO YOU DRINK WATER ASKED TOMMY SMITH DON'T YOU DRINK IT LIKE OTHER BIRDS I SHOULD THINK NOT SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON OTHER BIRDS TAKE A LITTLE IN THEIR BILLS AND THEN THEY LIFT THEIR HEADS UP AND LET IT RUN DOWN THEIR THROATS BUT WE PIGEONS WOULD BE ASHAMED TO DRINK IN SUCH A WAY AS THAT WE KEEP OUR BEAKS IN THE WATER ALL THE TIME AND SUCK IT UP INTO OUR THROATS THAT IS HOW WE DRINK AND NOTHING COULD MAKE US DO IT DIFFERENTLY WE DON'T LIFT OUR HEADS UP BUT WHY SHOULDN'T YOU LIFT THEM UP SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF IF ALL THE OTHER BIRDS DRINK LIKE THAT IT OUGHT TO BE THE RIGHT WAY
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