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"Oh, don't I?" said the woodpigeon. "I should be very sorry if I couldn't get any,—I know that. It would be a nice thing, indeed, if one couldn't have a few stones to eat with one's meals. That would be a good joke." Tommy Smith thought that _he_ wouldn't think it a joke to _have_ to eat stones, and he could hardly believe that the woodpigeon was speaking the truth. But he was such an innocent looking bird, and seemed so _very_ respectable, that he thought he must be. OH DON'T I SAID THE WOODPIGEON I SHOULD BE VERY SORRY IF I COULDN'T GET ANY I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE A NICE THING INDEED IF ONE COULDN'T HAVE A FEW STONES TO EAT WITH ONE'S MEAL THAT WOULD BE A GOOD JOKE TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THAT HE WOULDN'T THINK IT A JOKE TO HAVE TO EAT STONES AND HE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THE WOODPIGEON WAS SPEAKING THE TRUTH BUT HE WAS SUCH AN INNOCENT LOOKING BIRD AND SEEMED SO VERY RESPECTABLE THAT HE THOUGHT HE MUST BE
 I found some green clover there too, as well as some wild mustard, and some ragweed and charlock, and a few other seeds and roo-oo-oo-oots.” “Oh dear, Mr. Woodpigeon,” said Tommy Smith; “why, what a lot you do eat.” “I don’t call that much,” said the woodpigeon. “When I was tired of looking about in the fields, I went to the woods again, and got a few acorns, and some beechnuts, and”— “Oh! but look here, Mr. Woodpigeon,” said Tommy Smith. “You couldn’t have eaten all those this morning, because they are not all ripe now, and”— “I didn’t say they were ripe,” said the woodpigeon; “and if I didn’t eat them this morning, then I did on some other morning, so it’s all the same. Those are the things I eat, at anyrate, and I can’t be expected to remember exactly when I eat them. I had a few stones though, of course. They are always to be had, whatever time of year it is. _Stones_ are _always_ in season.” “Stones!” cried Tommy Smith in great surprise. “Oh, come now; I know you don’t eat them.” A FEW PEAS AND BEANS BESIDES SOME OATS AND BARLEY I GOT THOSE IN THE FIELDS AND I FOUND SOME GREEN CLOVER THERE TOO AS WELL AS SOME WILD MUSTARD AND SOME RAGWEED AND CHARLOCK AND A FEW OTHER SEEDS AND ROOTS OH MISTER WOODPIGEON SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY WHAT A LOT YOU DO EAT I DON'T CALL THAT MUCH SAID THE WOODPIGEON WHEN I WAS TIRED OF LOOKING ABOUT IN THE FIELDS I WENT TO THE WOODS AGAIN AND GOT A FEW ACORNS AND SOME BEECHNUTS AND OH BUT LOOK HERE MISTER WOODPIGEON SAID TOMMY SMITH YOU COULDN'T HAVE EATEN ALL THOSE THIS MORNING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ALL RIPE NOW AND I DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE RIPE SAID THE WOODPIGEON AND IF I DIDN'T EAT THEM THIS MORNING THEN I DID ON SOME OTHER MORNING SO IT'S ALL THE SAME THOSE ARE THE THINGS I EAT AT ANY RATE AND I DON'T EXPECT TO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN I EAT THEM I HAD A FEW STONES THOUGH OF COURSE THEY ARE ALWAYS TO BE HAD WHATEVER TIME OF YEAR IT IS STONES ARE ALWAYS IN SEASON STONES CRIED TOMMY SMITH IN GREAT SURPRISE OH COME ON I KNOW YOU DON'T EAT THEM
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