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Ladies talk and sing just like that. But not like _that_," he continued; for now another sound began to mingle with the rest, such a pretty, such a _very_ pretty sound, _so_ soft, and so tender and sleepy, "like a lullaby," Tommy Smith thought. LADIES TALK AND SING JUST LIKE THAT BUT NOT LIKE THAT HE CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER SOUND BEGAN TO MINGLE WITH THE REST SUCH A PRETTY SUCH A VERY PRETTY SOUND OH SOFT AND SO TENDER AND SLEEPY LIKE A LULLABY TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT
and parties most worth going to.” A fallen tree lay across Tommy Smith’s path. It had once been a tall, stately oak, now it made a nice mossy seat for a little boy. We are not all of us so useful when we grow old. “I will sit down on it,” thought Tommy Smith, “and listen to the birds singing, and pretend they are people, and not birds at all.” So Tommy Smith sat down and listened. A thrush was sitting on the very tip-top of a high fir tree, and soon he began to fill the whole air with his beautiful, clear, joyous notes. “I like that as well as the piano,” said Tommy Smith, “and I don’t think I know any lady who could sing such a beautiful song.” Then the robin began. “That is lower and sweeter,” he thought. “_People_ make a great deal more noise when they sing, but it doesn’t seem to mean so much, or, if it does, I don’t like the meaning so well. Then a jay screamed, and some starlings began to chatter. “Oh, there!” cried Tommy Smith, clapping his hands. “That is much more like people.  WERE THE BEST SEASONS THOSE WERE THE CONCERTS AND THE PARTIES MOST WORTH GOING TO A FALLEN TREE LAY ACROSS TOMMY SMITH'S PATH IT HAD ONCE BEEN A TALL STATELY OAK NOW IT MADE A NICE MOSSY SEAT FOR A LITTLE BOY WE ARE NOT ALL OF US SO USEFUL WHEN WE GROW OLD I WILL SIT DOWN ON IT THOUGHT TOMMY SMITH AND LISTEN TO THE BIRDS SINGING AND PRETEND THEY ARE PEOPLE AND NOT BIRDS AT ALL SO TOMMY SMITH SAT DOWN AND LISTENED A THRUSH WAS SITTING ON THE VERY TIP TOP OF A HIGH FIR TREE AND SOON HE BEGAN TO FILL THE WHOLE AIR WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL CLEAR JOYOUS NOTES I LIKE THAT AS WELL AS THE PIANO SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I DON'T THINK I KNOW ANY LADY WHO COULD SING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG THEN THE ROBIN BEGAN THAT IS LOWER AND SWEETER HE THOUGHT PEOPLE MAKE A GREAT DEAL MORE NOISE WHEN THEY SING BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN SO MUCH OR IF IT DOES I DON'T LIKE THE MEANING SO WELL THEN A JAY SCREAMED AND SOME STARLINGS BEGAN TO CHATTER OH THERE CRIED TOMMY SMITH CLAPPING HIS HANDS THAT IS MUCH MORE LIKE PEOPLE
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