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We keep our 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." WE KEEP OUR 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
isfy them, and then they would starve. So we have thought of this way of managing it, and I think it is one of the cleverest things in the whole world.” “Yes, indeed,” cooed the mother woodpigeon, as she looked down from the branch where she sat on her nest; “one of the cleverest things in the whole world.” “Is it only pigeons that do that?” asked Tommy Smith. “I won’t say that,” answered the mother woodpigeon. “There are some other birds, I believe, who have followed our example.” “Yes, they imitate us,” said the father woodpigeon; “but they can never be pigeons, however much they try to be.” “Never,” said the mother woodpigeon. “They don’t drink water as we do. That is the test.” “Why, how do you drink water?” asked Tommy Smith. “Don’t you drink it like other birds?” “I should think not,” said the father woodpigeon. “Other birds take a little in their bills, and then lift their heads up and let it run down their throats, but we pigeons would be ashamed to drink in such a way as that.  SO HUNGRY THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THEM ENOUGH TO SATISFY THEM AND THEN THEY WOULD STARVE SO WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS WAY OF MANAGING IT AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WHOLE WORLD YES INDEED COOED THE MOTHER PIGEON AS SHE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE BRANCH WHERE SHE SAT ON HER NEST ONE OF THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WORLD IS IT ONLY PIGEONS THAT DO THAT ASKED TOMMY SMITH I WON'T SAY THAT ANSWERED THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THERE ARE SOME OTHER BIRDS I BELIEVE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR EXAMPLE YES THEY IMITATE US SAID THE FATHERWOOD PIGEON BUT THEY CAN NEVER BE PIGEONS HOWEVER MUCH THEY TRY TO BE NEVER SAID THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THEY DON'T DRINK WATER AS WE DO THAT IS THE TEST WHY HOW DO YOU DRINK WATER ASKED TOMMY SMITH DON'T YOU DRINK IT LIKE OTHER BIRDS I SHOULD THINK NOT SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON OTHER BIRDS TAKE A LITTLE IN THEIR BILLS AND THEN THEY LIFT THEIR HEADS UP AND LET IT RUN DOWN THEIR THROATS BUT WE PIGEONS WOULD BE ASHAMED TO DRINK IN SUCH A WAY AS THAT
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