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Have not your father and mother taught you that?" "Oh yes, they have," said Tommy Smith; "but I don't think they meant animals." "They ought to have meant them," said the rook, "whether they did or not, for animals have feelings as well as human beings. HAVE NOT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER TAUGHT YOU THAT OH YES THEY HAVE SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT I DON'T THINK THEY MEANT ANIMALS THEY OUGHT TO HAVE MEANT THEM SAID THE ROOK WHETHER THEY DID OR NOT FOR ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS AS WELL AS HUMAN BEINGS
y Smith did this, and then, what should he see, standing on the very top of the haystack, but a large black rook. “Why, where were you?” he said. “I did not see you there when I looked.” “No,” the rook said; “I hid myself under a little loose hay, for I did not want a stone thrown at me. I saw you coming, and I knew very well what you wanted to do, so I thought I would wait till you came, and then give you a good talking to. And, indeed, a naughty boy like you, who wants to kill rooks, _ought_ to be scolded.” “I don’t see why it is so naughty,” answered Tommy Smith; “I have always thrown stones at the rooks, and nobody has ever told me not to.” “That is just why _I_ have come to tell you how wrong it is,” said the rook. “Would you like anybody to throw stones at you?” Tommy Smith had to confess that he would not like _that_ at all. “Then, do you not know,” the rook went on, looking very grave, “that you ought to do the same to other people that you would like other people to do to you? E YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND AND THE ONES IN YOUR POCKET AS WELL TOMMY SMITH DID THIS AND THEN WHAT SHOULD HE SEE STANDING ON THE VERY TOP OF THE HAYSTACK BUT A LARGE BLACK ROOK WHY WHERE WERE YOU HE SAID I DID NOT SEE YOU THERE WHEN I LOOKED NO THE ROOK SAID I HID MYSELF UNDER A LITTLE LOOSE HAY FOR I DID NOT WANT A STONE THROWN AT ME I SAW YOU COMING AND I KNEW VERY WELL WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO SO I THOUGHT I WOULD WAIT UNTIL YOU CAME AND THEN GIVE YOU A GOOD TALKING TO AND INDEED A NAUGHTY BOY LIKE YOU WHO WANTS TO KILL ROOKS OUGHT TO BE SCOLDED I DON'T SEE WHY IT'S SO NAUGHTY ANSWERED TOMMY SMITH I HAVE ALWAYS THROWN STONES AT ROOKS AND NOBODY HAS EVER TOLD ME NOT TO THAT IS JUST WHY I HAVE COME TO TELL YOU HOW WRONG IT IS SAID THE ROOK WOULD YOU LIKE ANYBODY TO THROW STONES AT YOU TOMMY SMITH HAD TO CONFESS THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL THEN DO YOU NOT KNOW THE ROOK WENT ON LOOKING VERY GRAVE THAT YOU OUGHT TO DO THE SAME TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO TO YOU
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