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The large ones are like rich people who can afford to hire a whole band, but the little ones and the bushes are the people who are not so well off, and _they_ can only have a bird or two." THE LARGE ONES ARE LIKE RICH PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO HIRE A WHOLE BAND BUT THE LITTLE ONES AND THE BUSHES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO WELL OFF AND THEY CAN ONLY HAVE A BIRD OR TWO
ight. It is in spring that the season begins. Then ladies and gentlemen dress themselves finely, and come and stand together in a crowd, and there is talking, and laughing, and singing. And here in the woods the trees had all put on fine new dresses of bright green, for _their_ season of spring had come, and green was the fashionable colour. _They_ stood together too,—ever so many of them,—and bent their heads towards each other, and seemed to be whispering. Then their leaves rustled, which was a much pleasanter sound than ladies’ and gentlemen’s talking and laughing (though perhaps it did not mean _quite_ as much); and, oh! what beautiful sounds came from their midst. Tommy Smith knew that it was not the trees who were singing, but the birds in them. “But it seems as if it were the trees,” he thought, “because I can’t see the birds. But perhaps the trees ask the birds to sing for them, as we ask people to play and sing for us. That is how they give their concerts and parties, perhaps.  TOMMY SMITH'S HEAD AND PERHAPS HE WAS RIGHT IT IS IN SPRING THAT THE SEASON BEGINS THEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN DRESS THEMSELVES FINELY AND COME AND STAND TOGETHER IN A CROWD AND THERE IS TALKING AND LAUGHING AND SINGING AND HERE IN THE WOODS THE TREES HAD ALL PUT ON FINE NEW DRESSES OF BRIGHT GREENS FOR THEIR SEASON OF SPRING HAD COME AND GREEN WAS THE FASHIONABLE COLOR THEY STOOD TOGETHER TOO EVER SO MANY OF THEM AND BENT THEIR HEADS TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND SEEMED TO BE WHISPERING THEN THEIR LEAVES RUSTLED WHICH WAS A MUCH PLEASANTER SOUND THAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S TALKING AND LAUGHING THOUGH PERHAPS IT DID NOT MEAN QUITE AS MUCH AND OH WHAT BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS CAME FROM THEIR MIDST TOMMY SMITH KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT THE TREES WHO WERE SINGING BUT THE BIRDS IN THEM BUT IT SEEMS AS IF IT WERE THE TREES HE THOUGHT BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE BIRDS BUT PERHAPS THE TREES ASK THE BIRDS TO SING FOR THEM AS WE ASK PEOPLE TO PLAY AND SING FOR US THAT IS HOW THEY GIVE THEIR CONCERTS AND PARTIES PERHAPS
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