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If you are kind to them, they are happy; but if you are unkind to them and hurt them, then they are unhappy. IF YOU ARE KIND TO THEM THEY ARE HAPPY BUT IF YOU ARE UNKIND TO THEM AND HURT THEM THEN THEY ARE UNHAPPY
did not want a stone thrown at me. I saw you coming, and I knew very well what you wanted to do, so I thought I would wait till you came, and then give you a good talking to. And, indeed, a naughty boy like you, who wants to kill rooks, _ought_ to be scolded.” “I don’t see why it is so naughty,” answered Tommy Smith; “I have always thrown stones at the rooks, and nobody has ever told me not to.” “That is just why _I_ have come to tell you how wrong it is,” said the rook. “Would you like anybody to throw stones at you?” Tommy Smith had to confess that he would not like _that_ at all. “Then, do you not know,” the rook went on, looking very grave, “that you ought to do the same to other people that you would like other people to do to you? Have not your father and mother taught you that?” “Oh yes, they have,” said Tommy Smith; “but I don’t think they meant animals.” “They ought to have meant them,” said the rook, “whether they did or not, for animals have feelings as well as human beings.  NO THE ROOK SAID I HID MYSELF UNDER A LITTLE LOOSE HAY FOR I DID NOT WANT A STONE THROWN AT ME I SAW YOU COMING AND I KNEW VERY WELL WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO SO I THOUGHT I WOULD WAIT UNTIL YOU CAME AND THEN GIVE YOU A GOOD TALKING TO AND INDEED A NAUGHTY BOY LIKE YOU WHO WANTS TO KILL ROOKS OUGHT TO BE SCOLDED I DON'T SEE WHY IT'S SO NAUGHTY ANSWERED TOMMY SMITH I HAVE ALWAYS THROWN STONES AT ROOKS AND NOBODY HAS EVER TOLD ME NOT TO THAT IS JUST WHY I HAVE COME TO TELL YOU HOW WRONG IT IS SAID THE ROOK WOULD YOU LIKE ANYBODY TO THROW STONES AT YOU TOMMY SMITH HAD TO CONFESS THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL THEN DO YOU NOT KNOW THE ROOK WENT ON LOOKING VERY GRAVE THAT YOU OUGHT TO DO THE SAME TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO TO YOU HAVE NOT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER TAUGHT YOU THAT OH YES THEY HAVE SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT I DON'T THINK THEY MEANT ANIMALS THEY OUGHT TO HAVE MEANT THEM SAID THE ROOK WHETHER THEY DID OR NOT FOR ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS AS WELL AS HUMAN BEINGS
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