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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." 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
 that is what I call having a retinue or an _entourage_; and, depend upon it, it is a very grand thing to have. The more birds there are to twitter about you, the grander bird _you_ are. But it doesn’t so much matter _what_ they twitter, and as for what they _think_, you had better know nothing at all about _that_.” It was all very well for the owl to talk in this very wise way, but Tommy Smith felt sure that the little birds didn’t like him at all, and only flew round him to annoy him when 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 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. ND TWITTER WHENEVER YOU COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF THAT IS WHAT I CALL HAVING A RETINUE OR AN ANTRAGE AND DEPEND UPON IT IT IS A VERY GRAND THING TO HAVE THE MORE BIRDS THERE ARE TO TWITTER ABOUT YOU THE GRANDER BIRD YOU ARE BUT IT DOESN'T SO MUCH MATTER WHAT THEY TWITTER AND AS FOR WHAT THEY THINK YOU HAD BETTER KNOW NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT THAT IT WAS ALL VERY WELL FOR THE OWL TO TALK IN THIS VERY WISE WAY BUT TOMMY SMITH FELT SURE THAT THE LITTLE BIRDS DIDN'T LIKE HIM AT ALL AND ONLY FLEW ROUND HIM TO ANNOY HIM WHEN 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
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