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Why, you would be shooting the most useful bird in the whole country. You wouldn't want to do _that_, I suppose?" Tommy Smith didn't quite know what to say to this. WHY YOU WOULD BE SHOOTING THE MOST USEFUL BIRD IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT I SUPPOSE TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THIS
 such a very grand thing to have a retinue like that. “They would peck at him too, I daresay, if they weren’t afraid,” he said to himself; “and no wonder, if he eats them.” But he wasn’t quite sure whether the owl did this or not, so he thought he had better ask him before feeling angry with him. “_Do_ you eat the little birds, Mr. Owl?” he said. “Not very often,” the owl answered. “The fact is, I don’t so _very_ much care about them. Only, sometimes, when I want a change of diet, or if they happen to get in my way, I like to try them. They can’t complain of _that_, you know.” “Why not?” said Tommy Smith. “They haven’t time,” said the owl. “You see, I catch them asleep, and by the time they wake up, they’ve been eaten.” “I think it’s a great _shame_,” said Tommy Smith; “and I think you’re a _wicked_ bird to do it. You ought to be shot for doing such things, and when I am grown up, and have a gun”— “Wait a bit,” said the owl. “Do you know what you would be doing if you were to shoot me?  HE HAPPENED TO COME OUT IN THE DAYTIME AND HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SUCH A VERY GRAND THING TO HAVE A RETINUE LIKE THAT THEY WOULD PECK AT HIM TOO I DARE SAY IF THEY WEREN'T AFRAID HE SAID TO HIMSELF AND NO WONDER IF HE EATS THEM BUT HE WASN'T QUITE SURE WHETHER THE OWL DID THIS OR NOT SO HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER ASK HIM BEFORE FEELING ANGRY WITH HIM DO YOU EAT THE LITTLE BIRDS MISTER OWL HE SAID NOT VERY OFTEN THE OWL ANSWERED THE FACT IS I DON'T SO VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT THEM ONLY SOMETIMES WHEN I WANT A CHANGE OF DIET OR IF THEY HAPPEN TO GET IN MY WAY I LIKE TO TRY THEM THEY CAN'T COMPLAIN OF THAT YOU KNOW OR WHY NOT SAID TOMMY SMITH THEY HAVEN'T TIME SAID THE OWL YOU SEE I CATCH THEM ASLEEP AND BY THE TIME THEY WAKE UP THEY'VE BEEN EATEN I THINK IT'S A GREAT SHAME SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I THINK YOU'RE A WICKED BIRD TO DO IT YOU OUGHT TO BE SHOT FOR DOING SUCH THINGS AND WHEN I AM GROWN UP AND HAVE A GUN WAIT A BIT SAID THE OWL DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING IF YOU WERE TO SHOOT ME
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