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_Now_ he could see that, besides his beautiful green back and his white breast, he had a handsome black crest at the back of his head, that stuck out a long way behind it—as if his hair had been brushed up behind, Tommy Smith thought, only, of course, it was not hair, but feathers. NOW HE COULD SEE THAT BESIDES HIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN BACK AND HIS WHITE BREAST HE HAD A HANDSOME BLACK CREST AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THAT STUCK OUT A LONG WAY BEHIND IT AS IF HIS HAIR HAD BEEN BRUSHED UP BEHIND TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT ONLY OF COURSE IT WAS NOT HAIR BUT FEATHERS
ke a dive down towards the ground, and sometimes (this was the funniest trick of all) he would tumble right over in the air, as if he had lost his balance and was really falling. If Tommy Smith had ever seen a tumbler pigeon it would have reminded him of one, but he never had. And all the while this bird kept on calling out, “Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet!” as if he wanted Tommy Smith to speak to him, as, perhaps, he did. “I know what bird _you_ are,” said Tommy Smith. “I have often seen you flying over the fields, but you have never come so close to me before. I think your name is”— “Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet! That is my name. They call me the peewit.” “Yes,” said Tommy Smith; “because you say”— “Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet!” screamed the bird. “Yes, that is why. It is because I say ‘Pee-wee-eet’”; and as the peewit said this, he made a sweep down and settled on the ground just in front of Tommy Smith. So close! Tommy Smith could almost have touched him with his hand. He _was_ a handsome bird! A LOUD NOISE ALMOST LIKE A STEAM ENGINE THEN ALL AT ONCE HE WOULD TURN SIDEWAYS AND MAKE A DIVE DOWN TOWARDS THE GROUND AND SOMETIMES THIS WAS THE FUNNIEST TRICK OF ALL HE WOULD TUMBLE RIGHT OVER IN THE AIR AS IF HE HAD LOST HIS BALANCE AND WAS REALLY FALLING IF TOMMY SMITH HAD EVER SEEN A TUMBLER PIGEON IT WOULD HAVE REMINDED HIM OF ONE BUT HE NEVER HAD AND ALL THE WHILE THIS BIRD KEPT CALLING OUT PEE WEE IT PEE WEE IT AS IF HE WANTED TOMMY SMITH TO SPEAK TO HIM PERHAPS HE DID I KNOW WHAT BIRD YOU ARE SAID TOMMY SMITH I HAVE OFTEN SEEN YOU FLYING OVER THE FIELDS BUT YOU HAVE NEVER COME SO CLOSE TO ME BEFORE I THINK YOUR NAME IS PEE IT PEWEEOT THAT'S MY NAME THEY CALL ME THE PEEWIT YES SAID TOMMY SMITH BECAUSE YOU SAY PEE WEE IT PEWEE IT SCREAMED THE BIRD YES THAT IS WHY IT IS BECAUSE I SAY PEWEE IT AND AS THE PEEWIT SAID THIS HE MADE A SWEEP DOWN TO SETTLE ON THE GROUND JUST IN FRONT OF TOMMY SMITH SO CLOSE TOMMY SMITH COULD ALMOST HAVE TOUCHED HIM WITH HIS HAND HE WAS A HANDSOME BIRD
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