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Now I am going for a short fly, but if you like to stay and talk to my wife, I shall be back again in an hour." NOW I AM GOING FOR A SHORT FLY BUT IF YOU LIKE TO STAY AND TALK TO MY WIFE I SHALL BE BACK AGAIN IN AN HOUR
ts. That is how _we_ drink, and nothing could make us do it differently. We don’t lift _our_ heads up.” “But why shouldn’t you lift them up?” said Tommy Smith; for he thought to himself, “If all the other birds drink like that, it ought to be the right way.” “Why shouldn’t we?” said the father woodpigeon. “Why, because it would be stupid,—and wrong too,” he added after a pause, during which he seemed to be thinking. “There is a still stronger reason,” said the mother woodpigeon, “the strongest of _all_ reasons; at least, _I_ cannot imagine one stronger. It would be _unpigeonly_.” And from the tone in which she said this, Tommy Smith felt that it would be no use to say anything more on the subject. “If there was any water here,” said the father woodpigeon, “I would drink a little just to show you, but the nearest is some way off. However, you can watch some tame pigeons the next time they are drinking, for we all belong to one great family, and have the same ideas upon important points. BEAKS IN THE WATER ALL THE TIME AND SUCK IT UP INTO OUR THROATS THAT IS HOW WE DRINK AND NOTHING COULD MAKE US DO IT DIFFERENTLY WE DON'T LIFT OUR HEADS UP BUT WHY SHOULDN'T YOU LIFT THEM UP SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF IF ALL THE OTHER BIRDS DRINK LIKE THAT IT OUGHT TO BE THE RIGHT WAY WHY SHOULDN'T WE SAID THE FATHER PIGEON WHY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE STUPID AND WRONG TO HE ADDED AFTER A PAUSE DURING WHICH HE SEEMED TO BE THINKING THERE IS STILL A STRONGER REASON SAID THE MOTHER WOULD PIGEON THE STRONGEST OF ALL REASONS AT LEAST I CANNOT IMAGINE ONE STRONGER IT WOULD BE UNPIGEONLY AND FROM THE TONE IN WHICH SHE SAID THIS TOMMY SMITH FELT THAT IT WOULD BE NO USE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ON THE SUBJECT IF THERE WAS ANY WATER HERE SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON I WOULD DRINK A LITTLE JUST TO SHOW YOU BUT THE NEAREST IS SOME WAY OFF HOWEVER YOU CAN WATCH SOME TAME PIGEONS THE NEXT TIME THEY ARE DRINKING FOR WE ALL BELONG TO ONE GREAT FAMILY AND HAVE THE SAME IDEAS UPON IMPORTANT POINTS
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