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Sometimes the skull and beak of a bird will be there, and then it will almost always be a sparrow's. SOMETIMES THE SKULL AND BEAK OF A BIRD WILL BE THERE AND THEN IT WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE A SPARROW'S
 I told you that I liked to swallow animals whole, so, of course, everything goes down—fur, bones, feathers (if it does happen to be a bird), and all. But I can’t be expected to digest such things as that, so I have to get rid of them in some way or other. Well, what do I do? Why, I bring them all up again in pellets about the size and shape of a potato.” “Oh, but potatoes are of different sizes and shapes,” said Tommy Smith. “_I_ mean a smallish-sized oblong potato,” said the owl. “That is what my pellets look like, only they are of a greyish sort of colour. Sometimes they are quite silvery.” “How funny!” said Tommy Smith. “How pretty, I suppose you mean,” said the owl. “Yes, they _are_ pretty. Now, if you look about under the trees in the fields where I have been sitting, you will see these pretty pellets of mine lying on the grass. Pick them up and pull them to pieces, and you will find that they are nothing but the fur, and skulls, and bones of mice, and shrew-mice, and young rats. LED RATS AND MICE YOU CAN PROVE IT IF YOU LIKE SAID THE OWL AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW I TOLD YOU THAT I LIKE TO SWALLOW ANIMALS WHOLE SO OF COURSE EVERYTHING GOES DOWN FUR BONES FEATHERS IF IT HAPPENS TO BE A BIRD AND ALL BUT I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO DIGEST SUCH THINGS AS THAT SO I HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM IN SOME WAY OR OTHER WELL WHAT DO I DO WHY I BRING THEM UP AGAIN IN PELLETS ABOUT THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF A POTATO OH BUT POTATOES ARE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES SAID TOMMY SMITH I MEAN A SMALL OBLONG POTATO SAID THE OWL THAT IS WHAT MY PELLETS LOOK LIKE ONLY THEY ARE OF A GRAYISH SORT OF COLOR SOMETIMES THEY ARE QUITE SILVERY HOW FUNNY SAID TOMMMY SMITH HOW PRETTY I SUPPOSE YOU MEAN SAID THE OWL YES THEY ARE PRETTY NOW IF YOU LOOK ABOUT UNDER THE TREES IN THE FIELDS WHERE I HAVE BEEN SITTING YOU WILL SEE THESE PRETTY PELLETS OF MINE LYING ON THE GRASS PICK THEM UP AND 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
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