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Why, what could be nastier? No wonder they are forced to pick up things for themselves." WHY WHAT COULD BE NASTIER NO WONDER THEY ARE FORCED TO PICK UP THINGS FOR THEMSELVES
,” said the father woodpigeon. “They are lazy birds, and don’t feed their young ones.” “That is why they lay so many eggs,” said the mother woodpigeon. “They don’t mind having a herd of children, because they know they won’t have to support them.” Tommy Smith was surprised to hear the woodpigeons talk like this of the poor fowls, for he had often seen the good mother hen walking about with her brood of children, calling to them when she found a worm, and taking care of them so nicely. “It seems to me,” he thought, “that every animal thinks itself better than every other animal; and they all think whatever they do right, just because they do it, and the others don’t. But I suppose _that_ is because they _are_ animals, and not human beings.” Then he said out loud, “But I am sure the mother hen feeds her chickens, because I have seen her scratching up worms for them out of the ground, and”— “Yes, that is a nice way to feed one’s little ones,” said the mother woodpigeon. “A raw, live worm! SIDERED VULGAR AMONGST US FOWLS MAY DO WHAT THEY PLEASE SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON THEY ARE LAZY BIRDS AND DON'T FEED THEIR YOUNG ONES THAT IS WHY THEY LAY SO MANY EGGS SAID THE MOTHER WOODPIGEON THEY DON'T MIND HAVING A HERD OF CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM TOMMY SMITH WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THE WOODPIGEONS TALK LIKE THIS OF THE POOR FOWLS FOR HE HAD OFTEN SEEN A GOOD MOTHER HEN WALKING ABOUT WITH HER BROOD OF CHILDREN CALLING TO THEM WHEN SHE FOUND A WORM AND TAKING CARE OF THEM SO NICELY IT SEEMS TO ME HE THOUGHT THAT EVERY ANIMAL THINKS ITSELF BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER ANIMAL AND THEY ALL THINK WHATEVER THEY DO IS RIGHT JUST BECAUSE THEY DO IT AND THE OTHERS DON'T BUT I SUPPOSE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ANIMALS AND NOT HUMAN BEINGS THEN HE SAID OUT LOUD BUT I AM SURE THEM OTHER HEN FEETS ARE CHICKS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HER SCRATCHING UP WORMS FOR THEM OUT OF THE GROUND AND YES THAT'S A NICE WAY TO FEED ONE'S LITTLE ONES SAID THE MOTHER PIGEON A RAW LIVE WORM
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