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It had once been a tall, stately oak, now it made a nice mossy seat for a little boy. We are not all of us so useful when we grow old. "I will sit down on it," thought Tommy Smith, "and listen to the birds singing, and pretend they are people, and not birds at all." IT HAD ONCE BEEN A TALL STATELY OAK NOW IT MADE A NICE MOSSY SEAT FOR A LITTLE BOY WE ARE NOT ALL OF US SO USEFUL WHEN WE GROW OLD I WILL SIT DOWN ON IT THOUGHT TOMMY SMITH AND LISTEN TO THE BIRDS SINGING AND PRETEND THEY ARE PEOPLE AND NOT BIRDS AT ALL
g and laughing (though perhaps it did not mean _quite_ as much); and, oh! what beautiful sounds came from their midst. Tommy Smith knew that it was not the trees who were singing, but the birds in them. “But it seems as if it were the trees,” he thought, “because I can’t see the birds. But perhaps the trees ask the birds to sing for them, as we ask people to play and sing for us. That is how they give their concerts and parties, perhaps. The large ones are like rich people who can afford to hire a whole band, but the little ones and the bushes are the people who are not so well off, and _they_ can only have a bird or two.” Tommy Smith thought all this, because he was a little boy, and liked to pretend things, but a long time afterwards, when he was much wiser, he used to remember those walks of his in the woods, and sometimes he would say to himself, “Yes, those were the best seasons; those were the concerts and parties most worth going to.” A fallen tree lay across Tommy Smith’s path.  THAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S TALKING AND LAUGHING THOUGH PERHAPS IT DID NOT MEAN QUITE AS MUCH AND OH WHAT BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS CAME FROM THEIR MIDST TOMMY SMITH KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT THE TREES WHO WERE SINGING BUT THE BIRDS IN THEM BUT IT SEEMS AS IF IT WERE THE TREES HE THOUGHT BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE BIRDS BUT PERHAPS THE TREES ASK THE BIRDS TO SING FOR THEM AS WE ASK PEOPLE TO PLAY AND SING FOR US THAT IS HOW THEY GIVE THEIR CONCERTS AND PARTIES PERHAPS THE LARGE ONES ARE LIKE RICH PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO HIRE A WHOLE BAND BUT THE LITTLE ONES AND THE BUSHES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO WELL OFF AND THEY CAN ONLY HAVE A BIRD OR TWO TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT ALL THIS BECAUSE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY AND LIKED TO PRETEND THINGS BUT A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS WHEN HE WAS MUCH WISER HE USED TO REMEMBER THOSE WALKS OF HIS IN THE WOODS AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD SAY TO HIMSELF YES THOSE WERE THE BEST SEASONS THOSE WERE THE CONCERTS AND THE PARTIES MOST WORTH GOING TO A FALLEN TREE LAY ACROSS TOMMY SMITH'S PATH
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