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"I suppose I looked white to you," said the owl; "but that is because _you_ are not nocturnal, as I am. But, if you were an owl, like me, you would see that I am not really white. I SUPPOSE I LOOKED WHITE TO YOU SAID THE OWL BUT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT NOCTURNAL AS I AM BUT IF YOU WERE AN OWL LIKE ME YOU WOULD SEE THAT I AM NOT REALLY WHITE
id the owl; “when I say _that_, I feel that I am making a sensible remark.” Tommy Smith didn’t think that “shrirr-r-r-r” was a _much_ more sensible remark than “tu whit, tu whoo,” but he thought he had better not say so, as the owl spoke so positively. “There are a great many different kinds of owls in the world, you know,” the barn-owl continued. “Some are very large, as large as an eagle, and others are a good deal smaller than I am. Here, in England, there are three kinds,—the wood-owl, the tawny owl (I can’t answer for what _they_ say), and the barn-owl. Now _I_, thank goodness, am a barn-owl. I must ask you to remember that, because, naturally, I shouldn’t like to be mistaken for one of the others.” “Oh, I’m sure I shall remember it,” said Tommy Smith, “because”— “Never mind saying why,” said the owl, “it would take too long. Well, and were you surprised to see me?” “Oh yes, I was a little,” said Tommy Smith. “I just looked up, and I saw a great white thing going past the window.” RENT IS IT NOT NOW YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IT IS VERY DIFFERENT BUT OF COURSE IT IS SAID THE OWL WHEN I SAY THAT I FEEL THAT I AM MAKING A SENSIBLE REMARK TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T THINK THAT SURE WAS MUCH MORE SENSIBLE REMARK THAN TO WIT TO WHOM BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER NOT SAY SO AS THE OWL SPOKE SO POSITIVELY THERE ARE A GREAT MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF OWLS IN THE WORLD YOU KNOW THE BARN OWL CONTINUED SOME ARE VERY LARGE AS LARGE AS AN EAGLE AND OTHERS ARE A GOOD DEAL SMALLER THAN I AM HERE IN ENGLAND THERE ARE THREE KINDS THE WOOD OWL THE TAWNY OWL I CAN'T ANSWER FOR WHAT THEY SAY AND THE BARN OWL NOW I THANK GOODNESS AM A BARN OWL I MUST ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE NATURALLY I SHOULDN'T LIKE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR ONE OF THE OTHERS OH I'M SURE I SHALL REMEMBER IT SAID TOMMY SMITH BECAUSE NEVER MIND SAYING WHY SAID THE OWL IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG WELL AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE ME OH YES I WAS A LITTLE SAID TOMMY SMITH I JUST LOOKED UP AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THING GOING PAST THE WINDOW
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