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"Oh, do let me see them," cried Tommy Smith. "Oh no," said the woodpigeon. "They are too high up for that. OH DO LET ME SEE THEM CRIED TOMMY SMITH OH NO SAID THE WOODPIGEON THEY ARE TOO HIGH UP FOR THAT
 stomach. So now you know what sort of thing a gizzard is, and why we swallow stones.” “But don’t the stones hurt you?” asked Tommy Smith. “Do you think we would swallow them if they did?” answered the woodpigeon. “What a foolish question to ask!” Tommy Smith stood for a little while thinking about it, and wondering if _he_ had a mill inside _him_, till at last the woodpigeon said, “Perhaps you would like to ask me a _sensible_ question.” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith, and he tried to think what was a sensible question. He had thought of a good many questions to ask, and they had seemed sensible at the time, but now he began to feel afraid that the woodpigeon would think them foolish. At last he said, “Please, Mr. Woodpigeon, where do you live?” “Oh, in this tree,” said the woodpigeon, “half-way up on the seventeenth storey.” “I suppose you mean the seventeenth branch,” said Tommy Smith. “Of course I do,” said the woodpigeon. “I have my nest there, and my wife is sitting on the eggs now.” HEN THEY ARE NICE AND SOFT THEY ARE READY TO GO ON INTO THE STOMACH SO NOW YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF THING A GIZZARD IS AND WHY WE SWALLOW STONES BUT DON'T THE STONES HURT YOU ASKED TOMMY SMITH DO YOU THINK WE WOULD SWALLOW THEM IF THEY DID ANSWERED THE WOODPIGEON WHAT A FOOLISH QUESTION TO ASK TOMMY SMITH STOOD FOR A LITTLE WHILE THINKING ABOUT IT AND WONDERING IF HE HAD A MILL INSIDE HIM TILL AT LAST THE WOODPIGEON SAID PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME A SENSIBLE QUESTION OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH AND HE TRIED TO THINK WHAT WAS A SENSIBLE QUESTION HE HAD THOUGHT OF A GOOD MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK AND THEY HAD SEEMED SENSIBLE AT THE TIME BUT NOW HE BEGAN TO FEEL AFRAID THAT THE WOODPIGEON WOULD THINK THEM FOOLISH AT LAST HE SAID PLEASE MISTER WOODPIGEON WHERE DO YOU LIVE OH IN THIS TREE SAID THE WOODPIGEON HALF WAY UP ON THE SEVENTEENTH STORY I SUPPOSE YOU MEAN THE SEVENTEENTH BRANCH SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE I DO SAID THE WOODPIGEON I HAVE MY NEST THERE AND MY WIFE IS SITTING ON THE EGGS NOW
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