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"Why, she would fly away before you got to her," said the peewit. "And you would find it very difficult to find the eggs even then." WHY SHE WOULD FLY AWAY BEFORE YOU GOT TO HER SAID THE PEWIT AND YOU WOULD FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE EGGS EVEN THEN
or she sits quite still and never moves. But you can’t help noticing the father peewit, and you only think of him. If you happen to go too near the place where the eggs are, the father peewit comes quite close to you, and flies round and round your head, as I did just now. You think that is very funny, and so you keep looking at him up in the air, and never think of looking on the ground where the eggs are.” “Are the eggs laid on the ground?” said Tommy Smith. “Of course,” said the peewit. “But let me go on. When the father peewit sees you are looking at him, he flies a little farther away from the eggs, and, of course, you follow him. Then he flies a little farther off still, and in this way he keeps leading you farther and farther away from the eggs, till he thinks they are safe, and then off he flies altogether.” “That is very clever,” said Tommy Smith. “But supposing you didn’t follow the father peewit, but kept walking towards where the eggs were, what would the mother peewit do?” NOT NOTICE THE MOTHER PEWIT ON HER EGGS FOR SHE SITS QUITE STILL AND NEVER MOVES BUT YOU CAN'T HELP NOTICING THE FATHER PEWIT AND YOU ONLY THINK OF HIM IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO TOO CLOSE TO THE PLACE WHERE THE EGGS ARE THE FATHER PEWIT COMES QUITE CLOSE TO YOU AND FLIES AROUND AND AROUND YOUR HEAD AS I DID JUST NOW YOU THINK THAT IS VERY FUNNY AND SO YOU KEEP LOOKING AT HIM UP IN THE AIR AND NEVER THINK OF LOOKING ON THE GROUND WHERE THE EGGS ARE ARE THE EGGS LAID ON THE GROUND SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE SAID THE PEEWIT BUT LET ME GO ON WHEN THE FATHER PEWIT SEES YOU ARE LOOKING AT HIM HE FLIES A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EGGS AND OF COURSE YOU FOLLOW HIM THEN HE FLIES A LITTLE FARTHER OFF STILL AND IN THIS WAY HE KEEPS LEADING YOU FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EGGS TILL HE THINKS THEY ARE SAFE AND THEN OFF HE FLIES ALTOGETHER THAT IS VERY CLEVER SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT SUPPOSING YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE FATHER PEWIT BUT KEEP WALKING TOWARDS WHERE THE EGGS ARE WHAT WOULD THE MOTHER PEWIT DO
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