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But the mice and the young rats are just the right size, and you've no idea what a lot of them I eat. BUT THE MICE AND THE YOUNG RATS ARE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE AND YOU'VE NO IDEA WHAT A LOT OF THEM I EAT
 up, they’ve been eaten.” “I think it’s a great _shame_,” said Tommy Smith; “and I think you’re a _wicked_ bird to do it. You ought to be shot for doing such things, and when I am grown up, and have a gun”— “Wait a bit,” said the owl. “Do you know what you would be doing if you were to shoot me? Why, you would be shooting the most useful bird in the whole country. You wouldn’t want to do _that_, I suppose?” Tommy Smith didn’t quite know what to say to this. “Of course, if you really _are_ very useful,” he began— “Well, if you were a farmer,” the owl went on, “I don’t suppose you would like to have all your corn, and wheat, and hay, and everything eaten up by rats and mice, would you?” “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith. “That is what would happen, though, if it wasn’t for me,” said the owl. “You see, _I_ eat the rats and mice. They are my proper food, especially the mice. A full-grown rat is rather large for me—too large to swallow whole, at anyrate; and I like to swallow things whole if I can. IME SAID THE OWL YOU SEE I CATCH THEM ASLEEP AND BY THE TIME THEY WAKE UP THEY'VE BEEN EATEN I THINK IT'S A GREAT SHAME SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I THINK YOU'RE A WICKED BIRD TO DO IT YOU OUGHT TO BE SHOT FOR DOING SUCH THINGS AND WHEN I AM GROWN UP AND HAVE A GUN WAIT A BIT SAID THE OWL DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING IF YOU WERE TO SHOOT ME WHY YOU WOULD BE SHOOTING THE MOST USEFUL BIRD IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT I SUPPOSE TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THIS OF COURSE IF YOU REALLY ARE VERY USEFUL HE BEGAN WELL IF YOU WERE A FARMER THE OWL WENT ON I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL YOUR CORN AND WHEAT AND HAY AND EVERYTHING EATEN UP BY RATS AND MICE WOULD YOU OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THOUGH IF IT WASN'T FOR ME SAID THE OWL YOU SEE I EAT THE RATS AND MICE THEY ARE MY PROPER FOOD ESPECIALLY THE MICE A FULL GROWN RAT IS RATHER LARGE FOR ME TOO LARGE TO SWALLOW HOLE AT ANY RATE AND I LIKE TO SWALLOW THINGS WHOLE IF I CAN
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