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"Then I suppose _you_ are a father peewit?" said Tommy Smith. "Oh yes," the peewit answered. "You have seen how _I_ can tumble. And besides, look how long my crest is. The crest of the mother peewit is not nearly so long." THEN I SUPPOSE YOU ARE A FATHER PEWIT SAID TOMMY SMITH OH YES THE PEWIT ANSWERED YOU HAVE SEEN HOW I CAN TUMBLE AND BESIDES LOOK HOW LONG MY CREST IS THE CREST OF A MOTHER PEWIT IS NOT NEARLY SO LONG
 flies a little farther off still, and in this way he keeps leading you farther and farther away from the eggs, till he thinks they are safe, and then off he flies altogether.” “That is very clever,” said Tommy Smith. “But supposing you didn’t follow the father peewit, but kept walking towards where the eggs were, what would the mother peewit do?” “Why, she would fly away before you got to her,” said the peewit. “And you would find it very difficult to find the eggs even then.” “Then, is it only the father peewit that tumbles over in the air?” said Tommy Smith. “It is he who does it most,” said the peewit. “He has more time, and besides it would not be thought right for a mother peewit to throw herself about in that way whilst she has a family to attend to. When the mother peewit goes up from her eggs, she flies quietly away till she is a long way off. Then she settles somewhere on the ground, and waits for you to go away, and when you have gone away, she comes back to her eggs again.” THE EGGS AND OF COURSE YOU FOLLOW HIM THEN HE FLIES A LITTLE FARTHER OFF STILL AND IN THIS WAY HE KEEPS LEADING YOU FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EGGS TILL HE THINKS THEY ARE SAFE AND THEN OFF HE FLIES ALTOGETHER THAT IS VERY CLEVER SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT SUPPOSING YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE FATHER PEWIT BUT KEEP WALKING TOWARDS WHERE THE EGGS ARE WHAT WOULD THE MOTHER PEWIT DO WHY SHE WOULD FLY AWAY BEFORE YOU GOT TO HER SAID THE PEWIT AND YOU WOULD FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE EGGS EVEN THEN THEN IS IT ONLY THE FATHER PEWIT THAT TUMBLES OVER IN THE AIR SAID TOMMY SMITH IT IS HE WHO DOES IT THE MOST SAID THE PEWIT HE HAS MORE TIME AND BESIDES IT WOULD NOT BE THOUGHT RIGHT FOR A MOTHER PEWIT TO THROW HERSELF ABOUT IN THAT WAY WHILST SHE HAS A FAMILY TO ATTEND TO WHEN THE MOTHER PEWIT GOES UP FROM HER EGGS SHE FLIES QUIETLY AWAY UNTIL SHE IS A LONG WAY OFF THEN SHE SETTLES SOMEWHERE ON THE GROUND AND WAITS FOR YOU TO GO AWAY AND WHEN YOU HAVE GONE AWAY SHE COMES BACK TO HER EGGS AGAIN
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