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Tommy Smith thought there was sure to be a nest close to where he had risen, so he went to look; but before he had got to the place, away went something—something brown like a lark, but ever so much larger, and, instead of flying, it galloped along over the ground; so, you see, it was not a bird at all. TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THERE WAS SURE TO BE A NEST CLOSE TO WHERE HE HAD RISEN SO HE WENT TO LOOK BUT BEFORE HE HAD GOT INTO THE PLACE AWAY WENT SOMETHING SOMETHING BROWN LIKE A LARK BUT EVER SO MUCH LARGER AND INSTEAD OF FLYING IT GALLOPED ALONG THE GROUND SO YOU SEE IT WAS NOT A BIRD AT ALL
rry to say that he was trying to find the poor lark’s nest, so that he might take away the eggs which were in it,—those eggs which the mother lark had been taking so much trouble to keep warm, so that little baby larks might come out of them, which she meant to feed and take care of till they were grown up, and could fly and sing like herself. It was the thought of those eggs, and of the mother bird sitting upon them, which made the lark himself sing so gladly up in the air, for, when he looked down, he fancied he could see them; and he knew that there was someone waiting for him there who would be glad to see him again, when he came down to roost. But Tommy Smith did not think of this, for nobody had talked to him about it. All he thought of was how he could get the eggs, so that he could take them away with him, and show them to other boys. Ah! what was that? How gracefully the cowslips waved, and up went a lark into the sky; and as he rose he seemed to shake a song out of his wings. MUCH PLEASURE WHY I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT HE WAS TRYING TO FIND THE POOR LARK'S NEST SO THAT HE MAY TAKE AWAY THE EGGS WHICH WERE IN IT THOSE EGGS WHICH THE MOTHER LARK HAD BEEN TAKING SO MUCH TROUBLE TO KEEP WARM SO THAT LITTLE BABY LARKS MIGHT COME OUT OF THEM WHICH SHE MEANT TO FEED AND TAKE CARE OF TILL THEY WERE GROWN UP AND COULD FLY AND SING LIKE HERSELF IT WAS THE THOUGHT OF THOSE EGGS AND OF THE MOTHER BIRD SITTING UPON THEM WHICH MADE THE LARK HIMSELF SING SO GLADLY UP IN THE AIR FOR WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN HE FANCIED HE COULD SEE THEM AND HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME ONE WAITING FOR HIM THERE WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE HIM WHEN HE CAME DOWN TO ROOST BUT TOMMY SMITH DID NOT THINK OF THIS FOR NOBODY HAD EVER TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT ALL HE THOUGHT WAS HOW HE COULD GET THE EGGS SO THAT HE COULD TAKE THEM AWAY WITH HIM AND SHOW THEM TO THE OTHER BOYS AH WHAT WAS THAT HOW GRACEFULLY THE COWSLIPS WAVED AND UP WENT A LARK INTO THE SKY AND AS HE ROSE HE SEEMED TO SHAKE A SONG OUT OF HIS WINGS
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