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"But don't you eat worms?" said Tommy Smith. "Of course we do," said the peewit. "But I don't think worms do harm." BUT DON'T YOU EAT WORMS SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE WE DO SAID THE PEWIT BUT I DON'T THINK WORMS DO HARM
ea of it makes one shudder. A world without peewits! Oh dear! a nice sort of world _that_ would be!” The mother peewit shook her head. “It could hardly go on, dear; could it?” she said. “It _might_,” answered the father peewit, “but there would be very little _meaning_ in it.” Tommy Smith certainly thought the world might go on without peewits, but he didn’t _quite_ understand the last part of the sentence. “But it seems to me,” he said to himself, “that _animals_ think themselves very important.” “And are _you_ a useful animal?” he said aloud to the father peewit,—for the mother peewit was busy again with her eggs and the young one. “Useful!” exclaimed the peewit. “Why, we are sometimes put into gardens to eat the slugs and the insects there. I suppose _that_ is being useful.” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith; “if you don’t eat the cherries, or the strawberries, or the asparagus, or”— “We are not vegetarians,” said the peewit, “we prefer an animal diet, and we only eat things that do harm.” D HAPPEN MISTER PEWIT IT IS TOO DREADFUL TO THINK ABOUT THE PEWIT SAID THE VERY IDEA OF IT MAKES ONE SHUDDER A WORLD WITHOUT PEWITS OH DEAR A NICE SORT OF WORLD THAT WOULD BE THE MOTHER PEWIT SHOOK HER HEAD IT COULD HARDLY GO ON DEAR COULD IT SHE SAID IT MIGHT ANSWERED THE FATHER PEWIT BUT THERE WOULD BE VERY LITTLE MEANING IN IT TOMMY SMITH CERTAINLY THOUGHT THE WORLD MIGHT GO ON WITHOUT PEWITS BUT HE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE LAST PART OF THE SENTENCE BUT IT SEEMS TO ME HE SAID TO HIMSELF THAT ANIMALS THINK THEMSELVES VERY IMPORTANT AND ARE YOU A USEFUL ANIMAL HE SAID ALOUD TO THE FATHER PEWIT FOR THE MOTHER PEWIT WAS BUSY AGAIN WITH HER EGGS AND THE YOUNG ONE USEFUL EXCLAIMED THE PEWIT WHY WE ARE SOMETIMES PUT INTO GARDENS TO EAT THE SLUGS AND THE INSECTS THERE I SUPPOSE THAT IS BEING USEFUL OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IF YOU DON'T EAT THE CHERRIES OR THE STRAWBERRIES OR THE ASPARAGUS OR WE ARE NOT VEGETARIANS SAID THE PEWIT WE PREFER AN ANIMAL DIET AND WE ONLY EAT THINGS THAT DO HARM
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