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"If he is a man, men try him," said the rook; "but if he is a rook, rooks do." IF HE IS A MAN MEN TRY HIM SAID THE ROOK BUT IF HE IS A ROOK ROOKS DO
I ought to attend.” “A meeting!” Tommy Smith said, feeling quite surprised. “Certainly,” replied the rook. “Why not? I belong to a civilised community, so, of course, there are meetings. I should be sorry not to go to _some_ of them.” It seemed very funny to Tommy Smith that birds should have meetings as well as men. “But, perhaps,” he thought, “it is not quite the same kind of thing.” Only he didn’t like to _say_ this, in case the rook should be offended, so he only asked, “What sort of a meeting is it that you are going to, Mr. Rook?” “A very important one,” the rook answered. “It is a meeting to try someone who is accused of having done something wrong.” “Why, then, it is a trial,” said Tommy Smith. “But do rooks have trials?” “Of course,” said the rook. “Have I not just said that we are a civilised community? We are not _wild_ birds. Amongst civilised people, when someone is accused of doing wrong, he is tried for it, is he not?” “Oh yes!” said Tommy Smith. “If he is a man, he is.” AN MIGHT SAY WELL I MUST BE JOGGING THERE IS A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WHICH I OUGHT TO ATTEND A MEETING TOMMY SMITH SAID FEELING QUITE SURPRISED CERTAINLY REPLIED THE ROOK WHY NOT I BELONG TO A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY SO OF COURSE THERE ARE MEETINGS I SHOULD BE SORRY NOT TO GO TO SOME OF THEM IT SEEMED VERY FUNNY TO TOMMY SMITH THAT BIRDS SHOULD HAVE MEETINGS AS WELL AS MEN BUT PERHAPS HE THOUGHT IT IS NOT QUITE THE SAME KIND OF THING ONLY HE DIDN'T LIKE TO SAY THIS IN CASE THE ROOK SHOULD BE OFFENDED SO HE ONLY ASKED WHAT SORT OF MEETING IS IT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MISTER ROOK A VERY IMPORTANT ONE THE ROOK ANSWERED IT IS A MEETING TO TRY SOME ONE WHO IS ACCUSED OF HAVING DONE SOMETHING WRONG WHY THEN IT IS A TRIAL SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT DO ROOKS HAVE TRIALS OF COURSE SAID THE ROOK HAVE I NOT JUST SAID THAT WE ARE A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY WE ARE NOT WILD BIRDS AMONG CIVILIZED PEOPLE WHEN SOME ONE IS ACCUSED OF DOING WRONG HE IS TRIED FOR IT IS HE NOT OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IF HE IS A MAN HE IS
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