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It had been some way off before, but now it sounded much nearer. "Coo oo oo oo, coo oo oo oo." Why, surely it was in that tree, only just a little way from where Tommy Smith was sitting. "I will go and look," he thought. "I know who it is. It is the woodpigeon. Perhaps he will stay and talk to me." IT HAD BEEN SOME WAY OFF BEFORE BUT NOW IT SOUNDED MUCH NEARER COO COO WHY SURELY IT WAS IN THAT TREE JUST A LITTLE WAY FROM WHERE TOMMY SMITH WAS SITTING I WILL GO AND LOOK HE THOUGHT I KNOW WHO IT IS IT IS THE WOODPIGEON PERHAPS HE WILL STAY AND TALK TO ME
ll as the piano,” said Tommy Smith, “and I don’t think I know any lady who could sing such a beautiful song.” Then the robin began. “That is lower and sweeter,” he thought. “_People_ make a great deal more noise when they sing, but it doesn’t seem to mean so much, or, if it does, I don’t like the meaning so well. Then a jay screamed, and some starlings began to chatter. “Oh, there!” cried Tommy Smith, clapping his hands. “That is much more like people. Ladies talk and sing just like that. But not like _that_,” he continued; for now another sound began to mingle with the rest, such a pretty, such a _very_ pretty sound, _so_ soft, and so tender and sleepy, “like a lullaby,” Tommy Smith thought. And, as he listened to it, all the woods seemed to grow hushed and still, as if they were listening too. “Oh,” said Tommy Smith, “it is no use pretending any more. That couldn’t be people. No men, and no women either, have such a pretty voice as that.” “Coo-oo-oo-oo, coo-oo-oo-oo,” said the voice. AND SOON HE BEGAN TO FILL THE WHOLE AIR WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL CLEAR JOYOUS NOTES I LIKE THAT AS WELL AS THE PIANO SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I DON'T THINK I KNOW ANY LADY WHO COULD SING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG THEN THE ROBIN BEGAN THAT IS LOWER AND SWEETER HE THOUGHT PEOPLE MAKE A GREAT DEAL MORE NOISE WHEN THEY SING BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN SO MUCH OR IF IT DOES I DON'T LIKE THE MEANING SO WELL THEN A JAY SCREAMED AND SOME STARLINGS BEGAN TO CHATTER OH THERE CRIED TOMMY SMITH CLAPPING HIS HANDS THAT IS MUCH MORE LIKE PEOPLE LADIES TALK AND SING JUST LIKE THAT BUT NOT LIKE THAT HE CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER SOUND BEGAN TO MINGLE WITH THE REST SUCH A PRETTY SUCH A VERY PRETTY SOUND OH SOFT AND SO TENDER AND SLEEPY LIKE A LULLABY TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT AND AS HE LISTENED TO IT ALL THE WOODS SEEMED TO GROW HUSHED AND STILL AS IF THEY WERE LISTENING TO OH SAID TOMMY SMITH IT IS NO USE PRETENDING ANY MORE THAT COULDN'T BE PEOPLE NO MEN NO WOMEN EITHER HAVE SUCH A PRETTY VOICE AS THAT COO COO SAID THE VOICE
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