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It was all the wise owl's doing. _He_ knew that the best way to make a little boy kind to animals was to teach him something about them; and who could teach him so well as the animals themselves? IT WAS ALL THE WISE OWLS DOING HE KNEW THAT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE A LITTLE BOY KIND TO ANIMALS WAS TO TEACH HIM SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND WHO COULD TEACH HIM SO WELL AS THE ANIMALS THEMSELVES
wonderful place to hide in. People pass by it, and come into it, and sit down and go out again, without having any idea that we are there, and have been there all the time. They never think of that.” “What part of the church do you build your nest in, Mr. Owl?” said Tommy Smith. “Oh, that is in the belfry too,” said the owl. “The belfry is my part of the church. I think it must have been built for me, it suits me so well. I am called the belfry-owl sometimes, and that is a very good name for me too. But now don’t ask me any more questions, because you are getting sleepy, and I have something to tell you before you go to sleep.” And then the owl told all about the grand meeting that the animals had held in the woods, and all that they had said to each other, and what they had decided to do to try and make Tommy Smith a better boy to animals, and how, at first, they had wanted to hurt him (or even to kill him), because they were so angry with him, until the owl had persuaded them not to. NNOY US THERE BESIDES A CHURCH IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO HIDE IN PEOPLE PASS BY IT AND COME INTO IT AND SIT DOWN AND GO OUT AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING ANY IDEA THAT WE ARE THERE AND HAVE BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME THEY NEVER THINK OF THAT WHAT PART OF THE CHURCH DO YOU BUILD YOUR NEST IN MISTER OWL SAID TOMMY SMITH OH THAT IS IN THE BELFRY TOO SAID THE OWL THE BELFRY IS MY PART OF THE CHURCH I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR ME IT SUITS ME SO WELL I AM CALLED THE BELFRY OWL SOMETIMES AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD NAME FOR ME TOO BUT NOW DON'T ASK ME ANY MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING SLEEPY AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP AND THEN THE OWL TOLD ALL ABOUT THE GRAND MEANING THAT THE ANIMALS HAD HOWLED IN THE WOODS AND ALL THAT THEY HAD SAID TO EACH OTHER AND WHAT THEY HAD DECIDED TO DO TO TRY AND MAKE TOMMY SMITH A BETTER BOY TO ANIMALS AND HOW AT FIRST THEY HAD WANTED TO HURT HIM OR EVEN KILL HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE SO ANGRY WITH HIM UNTIL THE OWL HAD PERSUADED THEM NOT TO
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