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I like that name best. Well, now you may ask me some questions if you like." I LIKE THAT NAME BEST WELL NOW YOU MAY ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU LIKE
think your name is”— “Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet! That is my name. They call me the peewit.” “Yes,” said Tommy Smith; “because you say”— “Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet!” screamed the bird. “Yes, that is why. It is because I say ‘Pee-wee-eet’”; and as the peewit said this, he made a sweep down and settled on the ground just in front of Tommy Smith. So close! Tommy Smith could almost have touched him with his hand. He _was_ a handsome bird! _Now_ he could see that, besides his beautiful green back and his white breast, he had a handsome black crest at the back of his head, that stuck out a long way behind it—as if his hair had been brushed up behind, Tommy Smith thought, only, of course, it was not hair, but feathers. The peewit was not at all afraid, but looked up at Tommy Smith, with his head on one side, and said, “Yes, that is my name. A name isn’t sensible if it hasn’t a meaning. Some people call me the lapwing, but I don’t know what _that_ means. I would rather _you_ called me the peewit. EEN YOU FLYING OVER THE FIELDS BUT YOU HAVE NEVER COME SO CLOSE TO ME BEFORE I THINK YOUR NAME IS PEE IT PEWEEOT THAT'S MY NAME THEY CALL ME THE PEEWIT YES SAID TOMMY SMITH BECAUSE YOU SAY PEE WEE IT PEWEE IT SCREAMED THE BIRD YES THAT IS WHY IT IS BECAUSE I SAY PEWEE IT AND AS THE PEEWIT SAID THIS HE MADE A SWEEP DOWN TO SETTLE ON THE GROUND JUST IN FRONT OF TOMMY SMITH SO CLOSE TOMMY SMITH COULD ALMOST HAVE TOUCHED HIM WITH HIS HAND HE WAS A HANDSOME BIRD NOW HE COULD SEE THAT BESIDES HIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN BACK AND HIS WHITE BREAST HE HAD A HANDSOME BLACK CREST AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THAT STUCK OUT A LONG WAY BEHIND IT AS IF HIS HAIR HAD BEEN BRUSHED UP BEHIND TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT ONLY OF COURSE IT WAS NOT HAIR BUT FEATHERS THE PEEWIT WAS NOT AT ALL AFRAID BUT LOOKED UP AT TOMMY SMITH WITH HIS HEAD ON ONE SIDE AND SAID YES THAT IS MY NAME AND NAME ISN'T SENSIBLE IF IT HASN'T A MEANING SOME PEOPLE CALL ME THE LAPWING BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS I WOULD RATHER YOU CALL ME THE PEEWIT
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