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"Oh no," said Tommy Smith. "It was men with axes, I should think." "Yes," said the squirrel. OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH IT WAS MEN WITH AXES I SHOULD THINK YES SAID THE SQUIRREL
ith the squirrel. “Perhaps you don’t eat too many eggs,” he said in a milder tone. “Of course not,” said the squirrel. “Wherever there are plenty of squirrels, there are plenty of birds too, as long as people with guns don’t shoot them. That shows that we don’t eat too many. And then, as for our killing trees”— “Oh, but _do_ you kill trees?” said Tommy Smith. “I didn’t know that you did that.” “Why, sometimes when we are very hungry,” said the squirrel, “we gnaw the bark all round the trunk of a small tree, and then it dies. So those people who are always finding out reasons for killing animals say we do harm to the forests. But I can tell them this, that no forest was ever cut down by the squirrels that lived in it. Men cut down the forests, and shoot the birds and the squirrels; but if they left them all three alone, they would all get on very well together. Once, you know, almost the whole of England was covered with forests. Do you think it was the squirrels who cut them all down?” N'T HELP WISHING THAT HE HAD BEEN QUITE SO ANGRY WITH THE SQUIRREL PERHAPS YOU DON'T EAT TOO MANY EGGS HE SAID IN A MILDER TONE OF COURSE NOT SAID THE SQUIRREL WHENEVER THERE ARE PLENTY OF SQUIRRELS THERE ARE PLENTY OF BIRDS TOO AS LONG AS PEOPLE WITH GUNS DON'T SHOOT THEM THAT SHOWS THAT WE DON'T EAT TOO MANY AND THEN AS FOR OUR KILLING TREES OH BUT DO YOU KILL TREES SAID TOM SMITH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU DID THAT WHY SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE VERY HUNGRY SAID THE SQUIRREL WE GNAW THE BARK ALL AROUND THE TRUNK OF A SMALL TREE AND THEN IT DIES SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS FINDING OUT REASONS FOR KILLING ANIMALS SAY WE DO HARM TO THE FORESTS BUT I CAN TELL THEM THIS THAT NO FOREST IS EVER CUT DOWN BY THE SQUIRREL THAT LIVED IN IT MEN CUT DOWN THE FORESTS AND SHOOT THE BIRDS AND THE SQUIRRELS BUT IF THEY LEFT THEM ALL THREE ALONE THEY WOULD ALL GET ON VERY WELL TOGETHER ONCE YOU KNOW ALMOST THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND WAS COVERED WITH FORESTS DO YOU THINK IT WAS THE SQUIRRELS WHO CUT THEM ALL DOWN
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