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"Certainly not," said the owl. "A little boy should be kind to animals, and not trouble his head about anything else. No, no; be kind to animals and leave the rats and mice to _me_." That was the wise owl's advice to Tommy Smith, and _I_ think it was very good advice. CERTAINLY NOT SAID THE OWL A LITTLE BOY SHOULD BE KIND TO ANIMALS AND NOT TROUBLE HIS HEAD ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE NO NO BE KIND TO ANIMALS AND LEAVE THE RATS AND THE MICE TO ME THAT WAS THE WISE OWL'S ADVICE TO TOMMY SMITH AND I THINK IT WAS VERY GOOD ADVICE
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. But, if rats and mice do such a lot of harm, oughtn’t I to kill them whenever I can?” ES 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 BUT IF RATS AND MICE DO SUCH A LOT OF HARM OUGHTN'T I'D KILL THEM WHENEVER I CAN
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