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"I wish it were," said the mother peewit. "But there are wicked men who learn how to do it, and then they can find them quite easily. Oh, what a wicked world it is!" I WISH IT WERE SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT BUT THERE ARE WICKED MEN WHO LEARN HOW TO DO IT AND THEN THEY CAN FIND THEM QUITE EASILY OH WHAT A WICKED WORLD IT IS
hat! peewit’s eggs?” cried both the birds together. “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith feeling _very_ uncomfortable. “But I have often eaten fowl’s eggs.” “That is different,” said the mother peewit. “We will say nothing about that.” “No, no,” said the father peewit. “We do not wish to be censorious.” “What does that mean?” asked Tommy Smith, for it was a long word, and he did not remember having heard it before. “I mean,” said the father peewit, “that if people _only_ ate fowl’s eggs, peewit’s eggs would be let alone, and that would be a very good thing. Fowls, you know, are accustomed to it, but we peewits have finer feelings.” “Yes,” said the mother peewit; “we are more sensitive than common poultry.” Tommy Smith couldn’t help remembering what the rat had said to him about asking the hen, and he thought he _would_ ask her some day. But now he was talking to peewits. “You told me it was very difficult to find your eggs,” he said. “So it is,” said the father peewit; “but it is not impossible.” S IT SO VERY WICKED TO EAT EGGS ASKED TOMMY SMITH I HAVE EATEN A GREAT MANY MYSELF WHAT PEWIT EGGS CRIED BOTH THE BIRDS TOGETHER OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BUT I HAVE OFTEN EATEN FOWLS EGGS OH THAT IS DIFFERENT SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT WE WILL SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT NO NO SAID THE FATHER PEWIT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CENSORIOUS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ASKED TOMMY SMITH FOR IT WAS A LONG WORD AND HE DID NOT REMEMBER HAVING HEARD IT BEFORE I MEAN SAID THE FATHER PEWIT THAT IF PEOPLE ONLY ATE FOWLS EGGS PEWITS EGGS WOULD BE LET ALONE AND THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOWLS YOU KNOW ARE ACCUSTOMED TO IT BUT WE PEWITS HAVE FINER FEELINGS YES SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE THAN COMMON POULTRY TOMMY SMITH COULDN'T HELP REMEMBERING WHAT THE RAT HAD SAID TO HIM ABOUT ASKING THE HEN AND HE THOUGHT HE WOULD ASK HER SOME DAY BUT NOW HE WAS TALKING TO PEWITS YOU TOLD ME IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND YOUR EGGS HE SAID SO IT IS SAID THE FATHER PEWIT BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE
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