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"What does that mean?" asked Tommy Smith, for it was a long word, and he did not remember having heard it before. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ASKED TOMMY SMITH FOR IT WAS A LONG WORD AND HE DID NOT REMEMBER HAVING HEARD IT BEFORE
d the mother peewit, as she nestled down on her eggs again. “Oh, how I wish they were not!” “Why?” said Tommy Smith. (He was only a little boy, or he would not have asked such questions.) “I will tell you why,” said the mother peewit. “There are bad men who come and take our eggs _because_ they are so good to eat, and then they sell them to greedy wretches, who are still worse than themselves. Oh, how wicked men are! Just fancy! They eat our poor little children whilst they are still in their cradles.” “Yes,” said the father peewit, “for the mere pleasure of eating, they will ruin thousands of families.” “Is it so _very_ wicked to eat eggs?” asked Tommy Smith. “I have eaten a great many myself.” “What! peewit’s eggs?” cried both the birds together. “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith feeling _very_ uncomfortable. “But I have often eaten fowl’s eggs.” “That is different,” said the mother peewit. “We will say nothing about that.” “No, no,” said the father peewit. “We do not wish to be censorious.”  THEY ARE AND AS HE SAID THIS HE LOOKED VERY VERY SAD YES THEY ARE GOOD TO EAT SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT AS SHE NESTLED DOWN ON HER EGGS AGAIN OH HOW I WISH THEY WERE NOT WHY SAID TOMMY SMITH HE WAS ONLY A LITTLE BOY OR HE WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED SUCH QUESTIONS I WILL TELL YOU WHY SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT THERE ARE BAD MEN WHO COME AND TAKE OUR EGGS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD TO EAT AND THEN THEY SELL THEM TO GREEDY WRETCHES WHO ARE STILL WORSE THAN THEMSELVES OH HOW WICKED MEN ARE JUST FANCY THEY EAT OUR POOR LITTLE CHILDREN WHILST THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR CRADLES YES SAID THE FATHER PEWIT FOR THE MERE PLEASURE OF EATING THEY WILL RUIN THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IS IT SO VERY WICKED TO EAT EGGS ASKED TOMMY SMITH I HAVE EATEN A GREAT MANY MYSELF WHAT PEWIT EGGS CRIED BOTH THE BIRDS TOGETHER OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BUT I HAVE OFTEN EATEN FOWLS EGGS OH THAT IS DIFFERENT SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT WE WILL SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT NO NO SAID THE FATHER PEWIT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CENSORIOUS
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