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And, as he listened to it, all the woods seemed to grow hushed and still, as if they were listening too. "Oh," said Tommy Smith, "it is no use pretending any more. That couldn't be people. No men, and no women either, have such a pretty voice as that." AND AS HE LISTENED TO IT ALL THE WOODS SEEMED TO GROW HUSHED AND STILL AS IF THEY WERE LISTENING TO OH SAID TOMMY SMITH IT IS NO USE PRETENDING ANY MORE THAT COULDN'T BE PEOPLE NO MEN NO WOMEN EITHER HAVE SUCH A PRETTY VOICE AS THAT
t Tommy Smith, “and listen to the birds singing, and pretend they are people, and not birds at all.” So Tommy Smith sat down and listened. A thrush was sitting on the very tip-top of a high fir tree, and soon he began to fill the whole air with his beautiful, clear, joyous notes. “I like that as well as the piano,” said Tommy Smith, “and I don’t think I know any lady who could sing such a beautiful song.” Then the robin began. “That is lower and sweeter,” he thought. “_People_ make a great deal more noise when they sing, but it doesn’t seem to mean so much, or, if it does, I don’t like the meaning so well. Then a jay screamed, and some starlings began to chatter. “Oh, there!” cried Tommy Smith, clapping his hands. “That is much more like people. Ladies talk and sing just like that. But not like _that_,” he continued; for now another sound began to mingle with the rest, such a pretty, such a _very_ pretty sound, _so_ soft, and so tender and sleepy, “like a lullaby,” Tommy Smith thought. LL OF US SO USEFUL WHEN WE GROW OLD I WILL SIT DOWN ON IT THOUGHT TOMMY SMITH AND LISTEN TO THE BIRDS SINGING AND PRETEND THEY ARE PEOPLE AND NOT BIRDS AT ALL SO TOMMY SMITH SAT DOWN AND LISTENED A THRUSH WAS SITTING ON THE VERY TIP TOP OF A HIGH FIR TREE AND SOON HE BEGAN TO FILL THE WHOLE AIR WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL CLEAR JOYOUS NOTES I LIKE THAT AS WELL AS THE PIANO SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I DON'T THINK I KNOW ANY LADY WHO COULD SING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG THEN THE ROBIN BEGAN THAT IS LOWER AND SWEETER HE THOUGHT PEOPLE MAKE A GREAT DEAL MORE NOISE WHEN THEY SING BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN SO MUCH OR IF IT DOES I DON'T LIKE THE MEANING SO WELL THEN A JAY SCREAMED AND SOME STARLINGS BEGAN TO CHATTER OH THERE CRIED TOMMY SMITH CLAPPING HIS HANDS THAT IS MUCH MORE LIKE PEOPLE LADIES TALK AND SING JUST LIKE THAT BUT NOT LIKE THAT HE CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER SOUND BEGAN TO MINGLE WITH THE REST SUCH A PRETTY SUCH A VERY PRETTY SOUND OH SOFT AND SO TENDER AND SLEEPY LIKE A LULLABY TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT
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