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"_Bare_, indeed!" exclaimed the mother peewit. "There is plenty of sand on the ground, and what more can one want? Just look!" and as she spoke she moved a little to one side, and there, in a slight hollow, Tommy Smith saw four—no, three eggs, and something else, something that was soft and fluffy, so it could not be an egg, although it was the same size, and the same sort of colour, yellowish, with black spots. BARE INDEED EXCLAIMED THE MOTHER PEWIT THERE IS PLENTY OF SAND ON THE GROUND AND WHAT MORE CAN ONE WANT JUST LOOK AS SHE SPOKE SHE MOVED A LITTLE TO ONE SIDE AND THERE IN A SLIGHT HOLLOW TOMMY SMITH SAW FOUR NO THREE EGGS AND SOMETHING ELSE SOMETHING THAT WAS SOFT AND FLUFFY SO IT COULD NOT BE AN EGG ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE SAME SIZE AND THE SAME SORT OF COLOR YELLOWISH WITH BLACK SPOTS
wit spread his wings, and rose into the air again, and began to fly along in front of Tommy Smith, who had to run to keep up with him. “Pee-wee-eet! pee-wee-eet!” he cried. “Come along. Come along.” “Oh, but you go so fast!” said Tommy Smith, panting. “I wish I had wings like you.” “I don’t wonder at your wishing _that_,” the peewit said. “_I_ should think it dreadful if I could only walk and run.” All at once the peewit flew down on to the ground again. “Here they are,” he said, as Tommy Smith came up; “and what do you think? Why, one of them has hatched already; a day earlier than I expected.” “But where are the eggs?” asked Tommy Smith. “I don’t see them, and I don’t see any nest either. But what—Oh! there is the mother peewit sitting on the ground,” he cried out suddenly. And so she was, with her eggs underneath her. This time she did not fly away, for the father peewit had told her not to be uneasy. “Oh, but there is no nest,” said Tommy Smith. “She is sitting on the bare ground.” U WILL NOT TAKE THEM AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT BREAK YOUR WORD THEN THE PEWIT SPREAD HIS WINGS AND ROSE INTO THE AIR AGAIN AND BEGAN TO FLY ALONG IN FRONT OF TOMMY SMITH WHO HAD TO RUN TO KEEP UP WITH HIM PEE WE IT PEE WEE IT HE CRIED COME ALONG COME ALONG OH BUT YOU GO SO FAST SAID TOMMY SMITH PANTING I WISH I HAD WINGS LIKE YOU I DON'T WONDER AT YOUR WISHING FOR THAT THE PEEWIT SAID I SHOULD THINK IT DREADFUL IF I COULD ONLY WALK AND RUN ALL AT ONCE THE PEWIT FLEW DOWN ON THE GROUND AGAIN HERE THEY ARE HE SAID AS TOMMY SMITH CAME UP AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WHY ONE OF THEM HAS HATCHED ALREADY A DAY EARLIER THAN I EXPECTED BUT WHERE ARE THE EGGS ASKED TOMMY SMITH I DON'T SEE THEM AND I DON'T SEE ANY NEST EITHER BUT WHAT OH THERE IS THE MOTHER PEWIT SITTING ON THE GROUND HE CRIED OUT SUDDENLY AND SO SHE WAS WITH HER EGGS UNDERNEATH HER THIS TIME SHE DID NOT FLY AWAY FOR THE FATHER PEWITT HAD TOLD HER NOT TO BE UNEASY OH BUT THERE IS NO NEST SAID TOMMY SMITH SHE IS SITTING ON THE BARE GROUND
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