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It is not every bird who feeds its young ones like _that_." "Oh no," said Tommy Smith; "most birds fly to them with a worm or a caterpillar in their beaks, and give it to them just as it is." IT IS NOT EVERY BIRD WHO FEEDS ITS YOUNG ONES LIKE THAT OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH MOST BIRDS FLY TO THEM WITH A WORM OR A CATERPILLAR IN THEIR BEAKS AND GIVE IT TO THEM JUST AS IT IS
lease, Mrs. Woodpigeon,” said Tommy Smith, “what do you feed your young ones with?” “We feed them with whatever we eat ourselves,” said the mother woodpigeon, “and we always swallow it first, to be sure that it is quite good.” This surprised Tommy Smith very much indeed, for it seemed to him almost as wonderful as eating stones. “Oh! but if you swallow the food yourselves,” he said, “how can your young ones have it?” “They don’t have it till we bring it up again,” said the father woodpigeon. “They put their beaks inside ours, and then it comes up into our mouths all ready for them to swallow.” “Isn’t that rather nasty?” said Tommy Smith. “You had better ask _them_ about _that_,” said the mother woodpigeon. “_They_ will tell you whether it is nasty or not.” “_They_ think it _nice_,” said the father woodpigeon. “And no wonder,” said the mother woodpigeon. “When _we_ swallow it, it is hard and cold, but when it comes up again for _them_ to swallow, it is soft and warm, and very like milk. T MANY AND THEY BOTH WAITED FOR TOMMY SMITH TO ASK THEM ANOTHER QUESTION PLEASE MISSUS WOODPIGEON SAID TOMMY SMITH WHAT DO YOU FEED YOUR YOUNG ONES WITH WE FEED THEM WITH WHATEVER WE EAT OURSELVES SAID THE MOTHER WOODPIGEON AND WE ALWAYS SWALLOW IT FIRST TO BE SURE THAT IT IS QUITE GOOD THIS SURPRISED TOMMY SMITH VERY MUCH INDEED FOR IT SEEMED TO HIM ALMOST AS WONDERFUL AS EATING STONES OH BUT YOU SWALLOW THE FOOD YOURSELF HE SAID HOW CAN YOUR YOUNG ONES HAVE IT THEY DON'T HAVE IT TILL WE BRING IT UP AGAIN SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON THEY PUT THEIR BEAKS INSIDE OURS AND THEN IT COMES INTO OUR MOUTHS ALL READY FOR THEM TO SWALLOW ISN'T THAT RATHER NASTY SAID TOMMY SMITH YOU HAD BETTER ASK THEM ABOUT THAT SAID THE MOTHER WOODPIGEON THEY WILL TELL YOU WHETHER IT IS NASTY OR NOT THEY THINK IT IS NICE SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON AND NO WONDER SAID THE MOTHER WOOD PIGEON WHEN WE SWALLOW IT IT IS HARD AND COLD BUT WHEN IT COMES UP AGAIN FOR THEM TO SWALLOW IT IS SOFT AND WARM AND VERY LIKE MILK
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