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They go mad once every year—on New Year's day. People come out to listen sometimes. THEY GO MAD ONCE EVERY YEAR ON NEW YEAR'S DAY PEOPLE COME OUT TO LISTEN SOMETIMES
 surroundings. We don’t object to trees, of course. A nice hollow tree is a great comfort, and I, for one, could not do without it. But it must be within a reasonable distance of a village, and the closer it is to a church, the better I like it.” “Do you, Mr. Owl,” said Tommy Smith. “Yes,” said the owl. “I don’t mind how far I am from a railway station or even a post office, but the church _must_ be near.” “I suppose you like to sit in the tower, Mr. Owl,” said Tommy Smith. “I should think so,” said the owl; “the belfry is there, you know, and I am so fond of that. It is so nice to sit in one’s belfry and think of one’s barns, and farms, and haystacks. And then, when the bells ring, you can’t think what fun that is—especially on the first day of January when they ring in the New Year. I get quite excited then, and I give a scream, and throw myself off the old tower, and fly round it, and whoop and shriek until I seem to be one of the mad bells myself. For they _are_ mad then, you know. GH FOR THEM BUT WE LIKE TO HAVE MORE COMFORTABLE SURROUNDINGS WE DON'T OBJECT TO TREES OF COURSE A NICE HOLLOW TREE IS A GREAT COMFORT AND I FOR ONE COULD NOT DO WITHOUT IT BUT IT MUST BE WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE OF A VILLAGE AND THE CLOSER IT IS TO A CHURCH THE BETTER I LIKE IT DO YOU MISTER OWL SAID TOMMY SMITH YES SAID THE OWL I DON'T MIND HOW FAR I AM FROM A RAILWAY STATION OR EVEN A POST OFFICE BUT THE CHURCH MUST BE NEAR I SUPPOSE YOU LIKE TO SIT IN THE TOWER MISTER OWL SAID TOMMY SMITH I SHOULD THINK SO SAID THE OWL THE BELFRY IS THERE YOU KNOW AND I AM SO FOND OF THAT IT IS SO NICE TO SIT IN ONE'S BELFRY AND THINK OF ONE'S BARNS AND FARMS AND HAYSTACKS AND THEN WHEN THE BELLS RING YOU CAN'T THINK WHAT FUN THAT IS ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY WHEN THEY RING IN THE NEW YEAR I GET QUITE EXCITED THEN AND I GIVE A SCREAM AND THROW MYSELF OFF THE OLD TOWER AND FLY ROUND IT AND WHOOP AND SHRIEK UNTIL I SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE MAD BELLS MYSELF FOR THEY ARE MAD THEN YOU KNOW
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