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But, if rats and mice do such a lot of harm, oughtn't I to kill them whenever I can?" BUT IF RATS AND MICE DO SUCH A LOT OF HARM OUGHTN'T I'D KILL THEM WHENEVER I CAN
e nothing but the fur, and skulls, and bones of mice, and shrew-mice, and young rats. Sometimes the skull and beak of a bird will be there, and then it will almost always be a sparrow’s. Sparrows are a nuisance, you know, because there are too many of them. But, as for mice, there will be three or four of them in every pellet (you can count them by the skulls), and you know what a nuisance _they_ are. Let anyone who is not quite sure whether I am a useful bird or not look at my pellets. Then he’ll know, and if he shoots me after that, he must either be very stupid, or very wicked, or both. Well, do you still mean to shoot me when you grow up?” “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith, “I never will, now that I know how useful you are, and what a lot of good you do.” The owl looked very pleased at this, so Tommy Smith thought he would take the opportunity to ask his advice about something which had been puzzling him a good deal. “Please, Mr. Owl,” he said, “I promised the rat not to kill him any more. PULL THEM TO PIECES AND YOU WILL FIND THEY ARE NOTHING BUT FUR AND SKULLS AND BONES OF MICE AND SHREW MICE AND YOUNG RATS SOMETIMES THE SKULL AND BEAK OF A BIRD WILL BE THERE AND THEN IT WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE A SPARROW'S SPARROWS ARE A NUISANCE YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM BUT AS FOR MICE THERE WILL BE THREE OR FOUR OF THEM IN EVERY PELLET YOU CAN COUNT THEM BY THE SKULLS AND YOU KNOW WHAT A NUISANCE THEY ARE LET ANY ONE WHO IS NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER I AM A USEFUL BIRD OR NOT LOOK AT MY PELLETS THEN HE'LL KNOW AND IF HE SHOOTS ME AFTER THAT HE MUST EITHER BE VERY STUPID OR VERY WICKED OR BOTH WELL DO YOU STILL MEAN TO SHOOT ME WHEN YOU GROW UP OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH I NEVER WILL NOW THAT I KNOW HOW USEFUL YOU ARE AND WHAT A LOT OF GOOD YOU DO THE OWL LOOKED VERY PLEASED AT THIS SO TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT HE WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIS ADVICE ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH HAD BEEN PUZZLING HIM A GOOD DEAL PLEASE MISTER OWL HE SAID I PROMISED THE RAT NOT TO KILL HIM ANY MORE
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