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That is why it is so wrong to kill them. For when you kill an animal, you take some of the happiness that was in the world out of it, and you can never put it back there again, however much you try." THAT IS WHY IT IS SO WRONG TO KILL THEM FOR WHEN YOU KILL AN ANIMAL YOU TAKE SOME OF THE HAPPINESS THAT WAS IN THE WORLD OUT OF IT AND YOU CAN NEVER PUT IT BACK THERE AGAIN HOWEVER MUCH YOU TRY
t on, “however well a bird may sing, all he _means_ by his singing is that he is very happy. That is what the lark means when he sings high up in the blue sky; and it is what the nightingale means when he sings all night long by his nest. And that is what I mean, too, when I sing, ‘Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet!’ So if you look at it in that way, my song is just as good as theirs, or any other bird’s.” Tommy Smith did not think the peewit was right in this opinion of his, but he thought that he had better not contradict him so early in the conversation. So he only said, “Then, I suppose, you must always be happy, Mr. Peewit, for you are always saying ‘Pee-wee-eet’?” “I am always happy as long as people don’t shoot me, or take away my eggs,” said the peewit. “Why should I not be? It is very pleasant to be alive.” “And the grass-snake said _he_ was happy too,” thought Tommy Smith. “Then, are _all_ animals happy, Mr. Peewit?” he asked. “Oh yes,” the peewit answered, “they all enjoy their life. THAT LITTLE BOYS WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF SAID THE PEWIT BESIDES HE WENT ON HOWEVER WELL A BIRD MAY SING ALL HE MEANS BY HIS SINGING IS THAT HE IS VERY HAPPY THAT IS WHAT THE LARK MEANS WHEN HE SINGS HIGH UP IN THE BLUE SKY AND IT IS WHAT THE NIGHTINGALE MEANS WHEN HE SINGS ALL NIGHT LONG BY HIS NEST AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN TOO WHEN I SING PEEWIT PEWEE IT SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY MY SONG IS JUST AS GOOD AS THEIRS OR ANY OTHER BIRDS TOMMY SMITH DID NOT THINK THE PEWIT WAS RIGHT IN THIS OPINION OF HIS BUT HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BETTER NOT CONTRADICT HIM SO EARLY IN THE CONVERSATION SO HE ONLY SAID THEN I SUPPOSE YOU MUST ALWAYS BE HAPPY MISTER PEWIT FOR YOU ARE ALWAYS SAYING PEWEETIET I AM ALWAYS HAPPY AS LONG AS PEOPLE DON'T SHOOT ME OR TAKE AWAY MY EGGS SAID THE PEEWIT WHY SHOULD I NOT BE IT IS VERY PLEASANT TO BE ALIVE AND THE GRASSNAKE SAID HE WAS HAPPY TOO THOUGHT TOMMY SMITH THEN ARE ALL ANIMALS HAPPY MISTER PEWIT HE ASKED OH YES THE PEWIT ANSWERED THEY ALL ENJOY THEIR LIFE
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