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The more birds there are to twitter about you, the grander bird _you_ are. But it doesn't so much matter _what_ they twitter, and as for what they _think_, you had better know nothing at all about _that_." THE MORE BIRDS THERE ARE TO TWITTER ABOUT YOU THE GRANDER BIRD YOU ARE BUT IT DOESN'T SO MUCH MATTER WHAT THEY TWITTER AND AS FOR WHAT THEY THINK YOU HAD BETTER KNOW NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT THAT
n’t answer for it in the daytime, if the sun was at all hot. Well, now do you suppose that if all the people in the world who had retinues were to know what their retinues thought about them, they would be any the happier for it?” “I don’t know,” said Tommy Smith. “Well,” said the owl (I really cannot tell you how wise he looked as he said this), “_I do_.” “But what _is_ a retinue?” asked Tommy Smith. “Oh dear,” said the owl, “I have been forgetting that I am a wise owl, and that you are only a little boy who doesn’t know long words. A retinue is an _entourage_, you know, and”— “But I don’t know what that word means either,” said Tommy Smith (and, indeed, he thought it was rather a more difficult one than the other). “Oh dear,” said the owl, “I am forgetting again. Why, when there are a lot of little birds, who fly round you and twitter whenever you come out and show yourself, that is what I call having a retinue or an _entourage_; and, depend upon it, it is a very grand thing to have. AID THE OWL IN THE COOL OF THE NIGHT PERHAPS IT MAY NOT BUT I WOULDN'T ANSWER FOR IT IN THE DAYTIME IF THE SUN WAS AT ALL HOT WELL NOW DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAD RETINUES WERE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RETINUES THOUGHT ABOUT THEM THEY WOULD BE ANY THE HAPPIER FOR IT I DON'T KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH WELL SAID THE OWL I REALLY CANNOT TELL YOU HOW WISE HE LOOKED AS HE SAID THIS I DO BUT WHAT IS A RETINUE ASKED TOMMY SMITH OH DEAR SAID THE OWL I HAVE BEEN FORGETTING THAT I AM A WISE OWL AND THAT YOU ARE ONLY A LITTLE BOY WHO DOESN'T KNOW LONG WORDS A RETINUE IS AN ENTRAGE YOU KNOW AND BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS EITHER SAID TOMMY SMITH AND INDEED HE THOUGHT IT WAS RATHER A MORE DIFFICULT ONE THAN THE OTHER OH DEAR SAID THE OWL I AM FORGETTING AGAIN WHY WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE BIRDS WHO FLY ROUND YOU AND TWITTER WHENEVER YOU COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF THAT IS WHAT I CALL HAVING A RETINUE OR AN ANTRAGE AND DEPEND UPON IT IT IS A VERY GRAND THING TO HAVE
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