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Tommy Smith did not think the peewit was right in this opinion of his, but he thought that he had better not contradict him so early in the conversation. TOMMY SMITH DID NOT THINK THE PEWIT WAS RIGHT IN THIS OPINION OF HIS BUT HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BETTER NOT CONTRADICT HIM SO EARLY IN THE CONVERSATION
y sing better than other birds. But if every bird was as clever at singing as they are, then to sing well would be such a common thing, that you would hardly notice it at all. As it is, you don’t think about the lark nearly so much as the nightingale, because you hear him much oftener. So perhaps, after all, it is better that some birds should sing more sweetly than other birds. Don’t you agree with me?” “I don’t know,” said Tommy Smith. “I should never have thought of that, myself.” “There are a number of things that little boys would never have thought of,” said the peewit. “Besides,” he went on, “however well a bird may sing, all he _means_ by his singing is that he is very happy. That is what the lark means when he sings high up in the blue sky; and it is what the nightingale means when he sings all night long by his nest. And that is what I mean, too, when I sing, ‘Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet!’ So if you look at it in that way, my song is just as good as theirs, or any other bird’s.” K SINGS OR HOW BEAUTIFULLY THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS BECAUSE THEY SING BETTER THAN OTHER BIRDS BUT IF EVERY BIRD WAS AS CLEVER AT SINGING AS THEY ARE THEN TO SING WELL WOULD BE SUCH A COMMON THING THAT YOU WOULD HARDLY NOTICE IT AT ALL AS IT IS YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE LARK NEARLY SO MUCH AS THE NIGHTINGALE BECAUSE YOU HEAR HIM MUCH OFTENER SO PERHAPS AFTER ALL IT IS BETTER THAT SOME BIRD SHOULD SING MORE SWEETLY THAN OTHER BIRDS DON'T YOU AGREE WITH ME I DON'T KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT LITTLE BOYS WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF SAID THE PEWIT BESIDES HE WENT ON HOWEVER WELL A BIRD MAY SING ALL HE MEANS BY HIS SINGING IS THAT HE IS VERY HAPPY THAT IS WHAT THE LARK MEANS WHEN HE SINGS HIGH UP IN THE BLUE SKY AND IT IS WHAT THE NIGHTINGALE MEANS WHEN HE SINGS ALL NIGHT LONG BY HIS NEST AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN TOO WHEN I SING PEEWIT PEWEE IT SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY MY SONG IS JUST AS GOOD AS THEIRS OR ANY OTHER BIRDS
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