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"Oh yes, I know," said Tommy Smith; "and if an owl ever _does_ come out in the daytime, a lot of little birds fly after him and"— "Yes," said the owl. "It is very grand, is it not, to be attended in that way? OH YES I KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH AND IF AN OWL EVER DOES COME OUT IN THE DAYTIME A LOT OF LITTLE BIRDS FLY AFTER HIM AND YES SAID THE OWL IT IS VERY GRAND IS IT NOT TO BE ATTENDED IN THAT WAY
 said it again. “_That_ sounds _convincing_,” he remarked; “but as for a little boy saying it in _that_ way,—no, no.” “Is it so _very_ difficult,” said Tommy Smith. “Well, it wants help,” said the owl; “that’s the principal thing. If you were left to yourself, you’d never manage it; but first one person helps you, and then another, until at last—after a good many years, you know—you get into the way of it. It’s like shrugging one’s shoulders. It takes one half a lifetime to do _that_—_well_.” “Does it?” said Tommy Smith. “Ask your father,” said the owl; “only you mustn’t expect him to make such a wise answer as I should, because, of course, he isn’t an owl, like me.” Tommy Smith didn’t think the owl had said anything so _very_ wise, but he had used a word twice which he didn’t know the meaning of, and so he said, “Please, Mr. Owl, what does being ‘nocturnal’ mean?” “To be nocturnal,” said the owl, “is to wake up and see at night, and go to bed in the daytime, which is what we owls do.” T IN THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE SAID LIKE THIS AND THE OWL SNAPPED ITS BEAK AND SAID IT AGAIN THAT SOUNDS CONVINCING HE REMARKED BUT AS FOR A LITTLE BOY SAYING IT IN THAT WAY NO NO IT IS SO VERY DIFFICULT SAID TOMMY SMITH WELL IT WANTS HELP SAID THE OWL THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL THING IF YOU WERE LEFT TO YOURSELF YOU'D NEVER MANAGE IT BUT FIRST ONE PERSON HELPS YOU AND THEN ANOTHER UNTIL AT LAST AFTER A GOOD MANY YEARS YOU KNOW YOU GET INTO THE WAY OF IT IT'S LIKE SHRUGGING ONE'S SHOULDERS IT TAKES ONE HALF A LIFETIME TO DO THAT WELL DOES IT SAID TOMMY SMITH ASK YOUR FATHER SAID THE OWL ONLY YOU MUSTN'T EXPECT HIM TO MAKE SUCH A WISE ANSWER AS I SHOULD BECAUSE OF COURSE HE ISN'T AN OWL LIKE ME TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T THINK THE OWL HAD SAID ANYTHING SO VERY WISE BUT HE HAD USED A WORD TWICE WHICH HE DIDN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF AND SO HE SAID PLEASE MISTER OWL WHAT DOES BEING NOCTURNAL MEAN TO BE NOCTURNAL SAID THE OWL IS TO WAKE UP AND SEE AT NIGHT AND GO TO BED IN THE DAYTIME WHICH IS WHAT WE OWLS DO
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