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It _seems_ very easy, but even if you were to repeat it a hundred times a day for the next fortnight, you wouldn't be able to say it in the way it ought to be said—like this," and the owl snapped his beak, and said it again. IT SEEMS VERY EASY BUT EVEN IF YOU WERE TO REPEAT IT A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY FOR THE NEXT FORTNIGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY IT IN THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE SAID LIKE THIS AND THE OWL SNAPPED ITS BEAK AND SAID IT AGAIN
lours? It is one of my grievances. You know I have a good many grievances.” “Have you?” said Tommy Smith. (He knew what a grievance was; one of those things that ought never to be made out of anything.) “Yes,” said the owl; “and do you know what I do with them?” “No,” said Tommy Smith. He didn’t _quite_ understand what the owl meant. “Well,” said the owl—“mind, I’m going to say something very wise now (you know I’m an owl),—I put up with them.” “Oh!” said Tommy Smith. “Yes,” said the owl. “It will take you a very long time to find out what a wise remark that was. _You_ couldn’t have made it, you know; I mean, of course, with the proper expression. I couldn’t myself _once_, when I was only a young owl, but now that I am grown up, and have a wife and family to assist me, I can.” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith. (It was all he could think of to say.) “You’ve no idea,” the owl went on, “what a time it takes one to make _some_ remarks properly. Now take, for instance, the one, ‘It’s a sad world! E MICE THAT LIVE IN THEM BUT WHY SHOULD I BE CALLED WHITE WHEN I HAVE SUCH PRETTY COLORS IT IS ONE OF MY GRIEVANCES YOU KNOW I HAVE A GOOD MANY GRIEVANCES HAVE YOU SAID TOMMY SMITH HE KNEW WHAT A GRIEVANCE WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT OUGHT NEVER TO BE MADE OUT OF ANYTHING YES SAID THE OWL AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DO WITH THEM NO SAID TOMMY SMITH HE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OWL MEANT WELL SAID THE OWL MIND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY WISE NOW YOU KNOW I'M AN OWL I PUT UP WITH THEM OH SAID TOMMY SMITH YES SAID THE OWL IT WILL TAKE YOU A VERY LONG TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT A WISE REMARK THAT WAS YOU COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT YOU KNOW I MEAN OF COURSE WITH THE PROPER EXPRESSION I COULDN'T MYSELF ONCE WHEN I WAS ONLY A YOUNG OWL BUT NOW THAT I AM GROWN UP AND HAVE A WIFE AND FAMILY TO ASSIST ME I CAN OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IT WAS ALL HE COULD THINK OF TO SAY YOU'VE NO IDEA THE OWL WENT ON WHAT TIME IT TAKES ONE TO MAKE SOME REMARKS PROPERLY NOW TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE ONE IT'S A SAD WORLD
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