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"Useful!" exclaimed the peewit. "Why, we are sometimes put into gardens to eat the slugs and the insects there. I suppose _that_ is being useful." USEFUL EXCLAIMED THE PEWIT WHY WE ARE SOMETIMES PUT INTO GARDENS TO EAT THE SLUGS AND THE INSECTS THERE I SUPPOSE THAT IS BEING USEFUL
e our duties to perform, of course.” “If we did _not_ lay eggs,” said the father peewit (he looked _very_ grave as he spoke), “there would soon be no more peewits in the world, and what do you suppose would happen then?” Tommy Smith didn’t know, so he said, “What _would_ happen, Mr. Peewit?” “It is too dreadful to think about,” the peewit said. “The very idea of it makes one shudder. A world without peewits! Oh dear! a nice sort of world _that_ would be!” The mother peewit shook her head. “It could hardly go on, dear; could it?” she said. “It _might_,” answered the father peewit, “but there would be very little _meaning_ in it.” Tommy Smith certainly thought the world might go on without peewits, but he didn’t _quite_ understand the last part of the sentence. “But it seems to me,” he said to himself, “that _animals_ think themselves very important.” “And are _you_ a useful animal?” he said aloud to the father peewit,—for the mother peewit was busy again with her eggs and the young one. FROM YOU NOT LAY EGGS CRIED THE MOTHER PEWIT WHY IT IS OUR DUTY TO LAY THEM WE HAVE OUR DUTIES TO PERFORM OF COURSE IF WE DID NOT LAY EGGS SAID THE FATHER PEWIT HE LOOKED VERY GRAVE AS HE SPOKE THEN THERE WOULD BE NO MORE PEWITS IN THE WORLD AND WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE WOULD HAPPEN THEN TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T KNOW SO HE SAID WHAT WOULD HAPPEN MISTER PEWIT IT IS TOO DREADFUL TO THINK ABOUT THE PEWIT SAID THE VERY IDEA OF IT MAKES ONE SHUDDER A WORLD WITHOUT PEWITS OH DEAR A NICE SORT OF WORLD THAT WOULD BE THE MOTHER PEWIT SHOOK HER HEAD IT COULD HARDLY GO ON DEAR COULD IT SHE SAID IT MIGHT ANSWERED THE FATHER PEWIT BUT THERE WOULD BE VERY LITTLE MEANING IN IT TOMMY SMITH CERTAINLY THOUGHT THE WORLD MIGHT GO ON WITHOUT PEWITS BUT HE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE LAST PART OF THE SENTENCE BUT IT SEEMS TO ME HE SAID TO HIMSELF THAT ANIMALS THINK THEMSELVES VERY IMPORTANT AND ARE YOU A USEFUL ANIMAL HE SAID ALOUD TO THE FATHER PEWIT FOR THE MOTHER PEWIT WAS BUSY AGAIN WITH HER EGGS AND THE YOUNG ONE
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