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"Never," said the mother woodpigeon. "They don't drink water as we do. That is the test." NEVER SAID THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THEY DON'T DRINK WATER AS WE DO THAT IS THE TEST
he old-fashioned way,” said the mother woodpigeon; “but we are more civilised, and have learnt to _prepare_ our children’s food.” “Besides,” said the father woodpigeon, “we eat seeds and grains, and little things like that, and it would take us a very long time to carry a sufficient number of them to the nest. Our young ones would be so hungry, and we should not be able to bring them enough to satisfy them, and then they would starve. So we have thought of this way of managing it, and I think it is one of the cleverest things in the whole world.” “Yes, indeed,” cooed the mother woodpigeon, as she looked down from the branch where she sat on her nest; “one of the cleverest things in the whole world.” “Is it only pigeons that do that?” asked Tommy Smith. “I won’t say that,” answered the mother woodpigeon. “There are some other birds, I believe, who have followed our example.” “Yes, they imitate us,” said the father woodpigeon; “but they can never be pigeons, however much they try to be.”  IN THEIR BEAKS AND GIVE IT TO THEM JUST AS IT IS THAT IS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY SAID THE MOTHER WOOD PIGEON BUT WE ARE MORE CIVILISED AND WE HAVE LEARNT TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN'S FOOD BESIDES SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON WE EAT SEEDS AND GRAINS AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT WOULD TAKE US A VERY LONG TIME TO CARRY A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THEM TO THE NEST OUR YOUNG ONES WOULD BE SO HUNGRY THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THEM ENOUGH TO SATISFY THEM AND THEN THEY WOULD STARVE SO WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS WAY OF MANAGING IT AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WHOLE WORLD YES INDEED COOED THE MOTHER PIGEON AS SHE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE BRANCH WHERE SHE SAT ON HER NEST ONE OF THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WORLD IS IT ONLY PIGEONS THAT DO THAT ASKED TOMMY SMITH I WON'T SAY THAT ANSWERED THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THERE ARE SOME OTHER BIRDS I BELIEVE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR EXAMPLE YES THEY IMITATE US SAID THE FATHERWOOD PIGEON BUT THEY CAN NEVER BE PIGEONS HOWEVER MUCH THEY TRY TO BE
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