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"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." 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
ering if _he_ had a mill inside _him_, till at last the woodpigeon said, “Perhaps you would like to ask me a _sensible_ question.” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith, and he tried to think what was a sensible question. He had thought of a good many questions to ask, and they had seemed sensible at the time, but now he began to feel afraid that the woodpigeon would think them foolish. At last he said, “Please, Mr. Woodpigeon, where do you live?” “Oh, in this tree,” said the woodpigeon, “half-way up on the seventeenth storey.” “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, Mr. Woodpigeon?”  TOMMY SMITH STOOD FOR A LITTLE WHILE THINKING ABOUT IT AND WONDERING IF HE HAD A MILL INSIDE HIM TILL AT LAST THE WOODPIGEON SAID PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME A SENSIBLE QUESTION OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH AND HE TRIED TO THINK WHAT WAS A SENSIBLE QUESTION HE HAD THOUGHT OF A GOOD MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK AND THEY HAD SEEMED SENSIBLE AT THE TIME BUT NOW HE BEGAN TO FEEL AFRAID THAT THE WOODPIGEON WOULD THINK THEM FOOLISH AT LAST HE SAID PLEASE MISTER WOODPIGEON WHERE DO YOU LIVE OH IN THIS TREE SAID THE WOODPIGEON 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
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