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"But don't the stones hurt you?" asked Tommy Smith. "Do you think we would swallow them if they did?" answered the woodpigeon. "What a foolish question to ask!" BUT DON'T THE STONES HURT YOU ASKED TOMMY SMITH DO YOU THINK WE WOULD SWALLOW THEM IF THEY DID ANSWERED THE WOODPIGEON WHAT A FOOLISH QUESTION TO ASK
d that would be a most shocking thing to do. But it is there, all the same, though you can’t see it, and it is called the gizzard.” “Oh, the gizzard!” said Tommy Smith. “I know what that is, because I have”—and then he stopped all of a sudden. He had been going to say that he had tasted it sometimes when there was fowl for dinner, but he thought he had better not. It didn’t seem quite delicate to talk to a woodpigeon about eating a fowl. “The gizzard is the mill that I am talking about,” said the woodpigeon. “All the food that we eat goes into it, and then it is ground up, just as corn is ground between two hard stones. But though our gizzard is very hard, it is not quite so hard as stones are, so we swallow some small sharp stones, which go into our gizzard, and are rolled about with the grain and seeds there, and help to crush them. Then, when they are nice and soft, they are ready to go on into the stomach. So now you know what sort of thing a gizzard is, and why we swallow stones.” ICE FOR YOU WOULD HAVE TO KILL ME FIRST AND THAT WOULD BE A MOST SHOCKING THING TO DO BUT IT IS THERE ALL THE SAME THOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE IT AND IT IS CALLED THE GIZZARD OH THE GIZZARD SAID TOMMY SMITH I KNOW WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE AND THEN HE STOPPED ALL OF SOME HE HAD BEEN GOING TO SAY THAT HE HAD TASTED IT SOMETIMES WHEN THERE WAS FOWL FOR DINNER BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER NOT IT DIDN'T SEEM QUITE DELICATE TO TALK TO A WOODPIGEON ABOUT EATING A FOWL THE GIZZARD IS THE MILL THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT SAID THE WOODPIGEON ALL THE FOOD THAT WE GET GOES INTO IT AND THEN IT IS GROUND UP JUST AS CORN IS GROUND BETWEEN TWO HARD STONES BUT THOUGH OUR GIZZARD IS VERY HARD IT IS NOT QUITE SO HARD AS STONES ARE SO WE SWALLOW SOME SMALL SHARP STONES WHICH GO INTO OUR GIZZARD AND ARE ROLLED ABOUT WITH THE GRAIN AND SEEDS THERE AND HELP TO CRUSH THEM THEN WHEN THEY ARE NICE AND SOFT THEY ARE READY TO GO ON INTO THE STOMACH SO NOW YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF THING A GIZZARD IS AND WHY WE SWALLOW STONES
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