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I am very proud of them, for I am the only owl in England that has them. But, after all, my face, though it is beautiful, is only a small part of me. I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM FOR I AM THE ONLY OWL IN ENGLAND THAT HAS THEM BUT AFTER ALL MY FACE THOUGH IT IS BEAUTIFUL IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF ME
kinds,—the wood-owl, the tawny owl (I can’t answer for what _they_ say), and the barn-owl. Now _I_, thank goodness, am a barn-owl. I must ask you to remember that, because, naturally, I shouldn’t like to be mistaken for one of the others.” “Oh, I’m sure I shall remember it,” said Tommy Smith, “because”— “Never mind saying why,” said the owl, “it would take too long. Well, and were you surprised to see me?” “Oh yes, I was a little,” said Tommy Smith. “I just looked up, and I saw a great white thing going past the window.” “I suppose I looked white to you,” said the owl; “but that is because _you_ are not nocturnal, as I am. But, if you were an owl, like me, you would see that I am not really white. At anyrate, there is more of me that isn’t white, than that is. My face is white, I know,—these beautiful, soft, silky feathers that make two circles round my fine dark eyes,—my face-discs they are called (what a pity you can’t see them better!), _they_ are white, and very handsome they look. HERS ARE A GOOD DEAL SMALLER THAN I AM HERE IN ENGLAND THERE ARE THREE KINDS THE WOOD OWL THE TAWNY OWL I CAN'T ANSWER FOR WHAT THEY SAY AND THE BARN OWL NOW I THANK GOODNESS AM A BARN OWL I MUST ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE NATURALLY I SHOULDN'T LIKE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR ONE OF THE OTHERS OH I'M SURE I SHALL REMEMBER IT SAID TOMMY SMITH BECAUSE NEVER MIND SAYING WHY SAID THE OWL IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG WELL AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE ME OH YES I WAS A LITTLE SAID TOMMY SMITH I JUST LOOKED UP AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THING GOING PAST THE WINDOW I SUPPOSE I LOOKED WHITE TO YOU SAID THE OWL BUT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT NOCTURNAL AS I AM BUT IF YOU WERE AN OWL LIKE ME YOU WOULD SEE THAT I AM NOT REALLY WHITE AT ANY RATE THERE IS MORE OF ME THAT ISN'T WHITE THAN THAT IS MY FACE IS WHITE I KNOW THESE BEAUTIFUL SOFT SILKY FEATHERS THAT MAKE TWO CIRCLES AROUND MY FINE DARK EYES MY FACE DISKS THEY ARE CALLED WHAT A PITY YOU CAN'T SEE THEM BETTER THEY ARE WHITE AND VERY HANDSOME THEY LOOK
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