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"Oh yes, and I believe it," said Tommy Smith. "But do tell me what the rook you are going to try has done." "I cannot tell you that till we have tried him," said the rook, "for perhaps it may not be true after all. OH YES AND I BELIEVE IT SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT DO TELL ME WHAT THE ROOK YOU ARE GOING TO TRY HAS DONE I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT UNTIL WE HAVE TRIED HIM SAID THE ROOK FOR PERHAPS IT MAY NOT BE TRUE AFTER ALL
 “Do you think it is?” and Tommy Smith couldn’t say that he did. He thought he would very much like to see this trial that the rook was going to. “Oh, Mr. Rook,” he said, “do let me go with you.” But the rook said, “Oh no! that would never do. No men are allowed at our trials. There are no rooks at yours, you know.” “No,” said Tommy Smith; “but that is because”— “Never mind why it is,” interrupted the rook; “no doubt there is some good reason, and we have our reasons too. We could not try a rook properly if we thought a man was watching us. It would make us nervous. Sometimes (but not very often) a man has watched us without our knowing it, and then he has told everybody about our wonderful trials. But people have not believed him; and other men, who sit at home and see very little, and only believe what they see, have written to say it was all nonsense. But now, when they tell _you_ it is all nonsense, _you_ will not believe _them_, because a rook himself has told you it is all true.” LL NOT MORE CRUEL THAN HANGING A MAN THE ROOK ANSWERED DO YOU THINK IT IS AND TOMMY SMITH COULDN'T SAY THAT HE DID HE THOUGHT HE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE THIS TRIAL THAT THE ROOK WAS GOING TO OH MISTER ROOK HE SAID DO LET ME GO WITH YOU BUT THE ROOK SAID OH NO THAT WOULD NEVER DO NO MEN ARE ALLOWED AT OUR TRIALS THERE ARE NO ROOKS AT YOURS YOU KNOW NO SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT THAT IS BECAUSE NEVER MIND WHY IT IS INTERRUPTED THE ROOK NO DOUBT THERE IS SOME GOOD REASON AND WE HAVE OUR REASONS TOO WE COULD NOT TRY A ROOK PROPERLY IF WE THOUGHT A MAN WAS WATCHING US IT WOULD MAKE US NERVOUS SOMETIMES BUT NOT VERY OFTEN A MAN HAS WATCHED US WITHOUT OUR KNOWING IT AND THEN HE HAS TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL TRIALS BUT PEOPLE HAVE NOT BELIEVED HIM AND OTHER MEN WHO SIT AT HOME AND SEE VERY LITTLE AND ONLY BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE HAVE WRITTEN TO SAY IT WAS ALL NONSENSE BUT NOW WHEN THEY TELL YOU IT IS ALL NONSENSE YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THEM BECAUSE A ROOK HIMSELF HAS TOLD YOU IT IS ALL TRUE
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