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It seemed very funny to Tommy Smith that birds should have meetings as well as men. "But, perhaps," he thought, "it is not quite the same kind of thing." Only he didn't like to _say_ this, in case the rook should be offended, so he only asked, "What sort of a meeting is it that you are going to, Mr. Rook?" IT SEEMED VERY FUNNY TO TOMMY SMITH THAT BIRDS SHOULD HAVE MEETINGS AS WELL AS MEN BUT PERHAPS HE THOUGHT IT IS NOT QUITE THE SAME KIND OF THING ONLY HE DIDN'T LIKE TO SAY THIS IN CASE THE ROOK SHOULD BE OFFENDED SO HE ONLY ASKED WHAT SORT OF MEETING IS IT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MISTER ROOK
 for, you see, there were no hungry rooks to eat _them_. The little corn we used to take from the farmers they could very well have spared, but now, without us, they found that they had lost much more than they could spare. Then the farmers saw how foolish they had been, and they were very sorry, and did all they could to get the rooks to come back again; and when they did come back, they took care not to shoot them any more.” Tommy Smith was very interested in this story which the rook told him, and he was just going to ask where it all happened, and whether it was near where he lived or a long way away, when the rook said, “Well, I must be flapping” (just as an old gentleman might say, “Well, I must be jogging”); “there is a meeting this afternoon which I ought to attend.” “A meeting!” Tommy Smith said, feeling quite surprised. “Certainly,” replied the rook. “Why not? I belong to a civilised community, so, of course, there are meetings. I should be sorry not to go to _some_ of them.” GRY COCKCHAFER GRUBS HAD EATEN ALMOST EVERYTHING UP FOR YOU SEE THERE WERE NO HUNGRY ROOKS TO EAT THEM THE LITTLE CORN WE USED TO TAKE FROM THE FARMERS THEY COULD VERY WELL HAVE SPARED BUT NOW WITHOUT US THEY FOUND THAT THEY HAD LOST MUCH MORE THAN THEY COULD SPARE THEN THE FARMERS SAW HOW FOOLISH THEY HAD BEEN AND THEY WERE VERY SORRY AND DID ALL THEY COULD TO GET THE ROOKS TO COME BACK AGAIN AND WHEN THEY DID COME BACK THEY TOOK CARE NOT TO SHOOT THEM ANY MORE TOMMY SMITH WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS STORY WHICH THE ROOK TOLD HIM AND HE WAS JUST GOING TO ASK WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED AND WHETHER IT WAS NEAR WHERE HE LIVED OR A LONG WAY AWAY WHEN THE ROOK SAID WELL I MUST BE FLAPPING JUST AS AN OLD GENTLEMAN MIGHT SAY WELL I MUST BE JOGGING THERE IS A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WHICH I OUGHT TO ATTEND A MEETING TOMMY SMITH SAID FEELING QUITE SURPRISED CERTAINLY REPLIED THE ROOK WHY NOT I BELONG TO A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY SO OF COURSE THERE ARE MEETINGS I SHOULD BE SORRY NOT TO GO TO SOME OF THEM
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