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"And little boys are so rough," said the mother peewit. "But you may look at him," said the father peewit. "Oh yes, do," said the mother peewit; "and tell me what you think of him. Isn't he the prettiest little fluffy thing in the whole world?" AND LITTLE BOYS ARE SO ROUGH SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT BUT YOU MAY LOOK AT HIM SAID THE FATHER PEWIT OH YES DO SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF HIM ISN'T HE THE PRETTIEST LITTLE FLUFFY THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD
t where are the eggs?” asked Tommy Smith. “I don’t see them, and I don’t see any nest either. But what—Oh! there is the mother peewit sitting on the ground,” he cried out suddenly. And so she was, with her eggs underneath her. This time she did not fly away, for the father peewit had told her not to be uneasy. “Oh, but there is no nest,” said Tommy Smith. “She is sitting on the bare ground.” “_Bare_, indeed!” exclaimed the mother peewit. “There is plenty of sand on the ground, and what more can one want? Just look!” and as she spoke she moved a little to one side, and there, in a slight hollow, Tommy Smith saw four—no, three eggs, and something else, something that was soft and fluffy, so it could not be an egg, although it was the same size, and the same sort of colour, yellowish, with black spots. Why, could that be a little baby peewit? Yes, indeed it was, for it moved a little, and made a little chirping noise. “Don’t touch him,” cried the father peewit. “He is too young for that.” WHY ONE OF THEM HAS HATCHED ALREADY A DAY EARLIER THAN I EXPECTED BUT WHERE ARE THE EGGS ASKED TOMMY SMITH I DON'T SEE THEM AND I DON'T SEE ANY NEST EITHER BUT WHAT OH THERE IS THE MOTHER PEWIT SITTING ON THE GROUND HE CRIED OUT SUDDENLY AND SO SHE WAS WITH HER EGGS UNDERNEATH HER THIS TIME SHE DID NOT FLY AWAY FOR THE FATHER PEWITT HAD TOLD HER NOT TO BE UNEASY OH BUT THERE IS NO NEST SAID TOMMY SMITH SHE IS SITTING ON THE BARE GROUND BARE INDEED EXCLAIMED THE MOTHER PEWIT THERE IS PLENTY OF SAND ON THE GROUND AND WHAT MORE CAN ONE WANT JUST LOOK AS SHE SPOKE SHE MOVED A LITTLE TO ONE SIDE AND THERE IN A SLIGHT HOLLOW TOMMY SMITH SAW FOUR NO THREE EGGS AND SOMETHING ELSE SOMETHING THAT WAS SOFT AND FLUFFY SO IT COULD NOT BE AN EGG ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE SAME SIZE AND THE SAME SORT OF COLOR YELLOWISH WITH BLACK SPOTS WHY COULD THAT BE A LITTLE BABY PEWIT YES INDEED IT WAS FOR IT MOVED A LITTLE AND MADE A LITTLE CHIRPING NOISE DON'T TOUCH HIM CRIED THE FATHER PEWIT HE IS TOO YOUNG FOR THAT
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