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Promise me never to be unkind to my friend the lark." "I won't hurt him," said Tommy Smith. "And if ever I find his nest with eggs in it, I will only just look at them and leave them there." PROMISE ME NEVER TO BE UNKIND TO MY FRIEND THE LARK I WON'T HURT HIM SAID TOMMY SMITH AND IF EVER I FIND HIS NEST WITH EGGS IN IT I WILL ONLY JUST LOOK AT THEM AND LEAVE THEM THERE
ad no time to think. But I did not come out on purpose to throw it at you. I only wanted to find a lark’s nest, so as to get the eggs.” When the hare heard that, I cannot tell you how sad and grieved he looked. “What!” he said. “Would you take the poor lark’s eggs away, and make it unhappy? No, no; if you really like me, as you say you do, you must promise me not to do anything so cruel as that. The lark is the best friend I have. He sings to me as I lie in my form, and consoles me for all my troubles. His voice cheers me too, when I am being chased by the dogs, for he always seems to be saying, ‘You will get away; I know you will get away.’ Then sometimes he comes down to roost quite close to me, and we talk to each other. _He_ tells _me_ what it is like up above the clouds, and _I_ tell _him_ all that has been going on down here. He has _his_ trials too, for there are hawks that try to catch _him_, just as there are greyhounds that try to catch _me_; so we sit and comfort each other.  YOU KNOW YOU JUMPED UP ALL OF A SUDDEN SO THAT I HAD NO TIME TO THINK BUT I DID NOT COME OUT TO POUNCE OR THROW IT AT YOU I ONLY WANTED TO FIND A LARK'S NEST SO AS TO GET THE EGGS WHEN THE HARE HEARD THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW SAD AND GRIEVED HE LOOKED WHAT HE SAID WOULD YOU TAKE THE POOR LARK'S EGGS AWAY AND MAKE IT UNHAPPY NO NO IF YOU REALLY LIKE ME AS YOU SAY YOU DO YOU MUST PROMISE ME NOT TO DO ANYTHING SO CRUEL AS THAT THE LARK IS THE BEST FRIEND I HAVE HE SINGS TO ME AS I LIE IN MY FORM AND CONSOLES ME FOR ALL MY TROUBLES HIS VOICE CHEERS ME TOO WHEN I AM BEING CHASED BY THE DOGS FOR HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SAYING YOU WILL GET AWAY I KNOW YOU WILL GET AWAY THEN SOMETIMES HE COMES DOWN TO ROOST QUITE CLOSE TO ME AND WE TALK TO EACH OTHER HE TELLS ME WHAT IT IS LIKE UP ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND I TELL HIM ALL THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON DOWN HERE HE HAS HIS TRIALS TOO FOR THERE ARE HAWKS THAT TRY TO CATCH HIM JUST AS THERE ARE GREYHOUNDS THAT TRY AND CATCH ME SO WE SIT AND COMFORT EACH OTHER
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