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You see, he wanted to be modest. One ought always to be modest when one makes a speech. And now (the owl said) he was quite sure that Tommy Smith would never be unkind to animals any more as long as he lived, because, just before he flew away, he had asked him to promise that he wouldn't. But Tommy Smith had just gone off to sleep then, and so he had had to promise it in his sleep. "And, you know," said the owl, "that when a promise is made in _that_ way, it is always kept." YOU SEE HE WANTED TO BE MODEST ONE OUGHT ALWAYS TO BE MODEST WHEN ONE MAKES A SPEECH AND NOW THE OWL SAID HE WAS QUITE SURE THAT TOMMY SMITH WOULD NEVER BE UNKIND TO ANIMALS ANY MORE AS LONG AS HE LIVED BECAUSE JUST BEFORE HE FLEW AWAY HE HAD ASKED HIM TO PROMISE THAT HE WOULDN'T BUT TOMMY SMITH HAD JUST GONE OFF TO SLEEP THEN AND SO HE HAD HAD TO PROMISE IT IN HIS SLEEP AND YOU KNOW SAID THE OWL THAT WHEN A PROMISE IS MADE IN THAT WAY IT IS ALWAYS KEPT
t them; and who could teach him so well as the animals themselves? CHAPTER XII. THE LEAVE-TAKING “_All ‘Tommy Smith’s Animals’ take leave with joy_, _For they know Tommy Smith is a different boy_.” WHEN Tommy Smith had gone to sleep, the owl flew away, and he flew to the same place where he had met the other animals before, and found them all there again waiting for him (of course, it had been arranged). Then all the animals began to tell each other about the conversations they had had with Tommy Smith, and what a very much better boy he had become. They were all so glad; and, of course, they all thanked the owl, because it had been his idea. Then the owl thanked all the animals for thanking _him_, and he said that it _was_ his idea, but that it might just as well have been the idea of any other animal there, and he wished that it _had_ been, because, _then_, he could have called it clever, but _now_, of course, he couldn’t, for _that_ would be praising himself,—which would _never_ do. INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY BETTY B TOMMY SMITH'S ANIMALS BY EDMUND SELOS THE LEAVE TAKING THE LEAVE TAKING ALL TOMMY SMITH'S ANIMALS TAKE LEAVE WITH JOY FOR THEY KNOW TOMMY SMITH IS A DIFFERENT BOY WHEN TOMMY SMITH HAD GONE TO SLEEP THE OWL FLEW AWAY AND HE FLEW TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE HE HAD MET THE OTHER ANIMALS BEFORE AND FOUND THEM ALL THERE AGAIN WAITING FOR HIM OF COURSE IT HAD BEEN ARRANGED THEN ALL THE ANIMALS BEGAN TO TELL EACH OTHER ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD HAD WITH TOMMY SMITH AND WHAT A VERY MUCH BETTER BOY HE HAD BECOME THEY WERE ALL SO GLAD AND OF COURSE THEY THANKED THE OWL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN HIS IDEA THEN THE OWL THANKED ALL THE ANIMALS FOR THANKING HIM AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS HIS IDEA BUT THAT IT MIGHT JUST AS WELL HAVE BEEN THE IDEA OF ANY OTHER ANIMAL THERE AND HE WISHED THAT IT HAD BEEN BECAUSE THEN HE COULD HAVE CALLED IT CLEVER BUT NOW OF COURSE HE COULDN'T FOR THAT WOULD BE PRAISING HIMSELF WHICH WOULD NEVER DO
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