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It was just the same with hares or rabbits, squirrels, rooks, or partridges. Indeed, this boy could not see any animal playing about, and doing no harm, without trying to frighten it or to hurt it. IT WAS JUST THE SAME WITH HARES OR RABBITS SQUIRRELS ROOKS OR PARTRIDGES INDEED THIS BOY COULD NOT SEE ANY ANIMAL PLAYING ABOUT AND DOING NO HARM WITHOUT TRYING TO FRIGHTEN IT OR TO HURT IT
 to animals, because nobody had taught him that it was wrong to be so. He would throw stones at the birds as they sat in the trees or hedges; and if he did not hit them, that was only because they were too quick for him, and flew away as soon as they saw the stone coming. But he always _meant_ to hit them—yes, and to kill them too,—which made it every bit as bad as if he really had killed them. Then, if he saw a rat, he would make his dog run after it, and if the poor thing tried to escape by running down a hole, he and the dog together would dig it out, and then the dog would bite it with his sharp teeth until it was quite dead. It never seemed to occur to this boy that the poor rat had done _him_ no harm, and that it might be the father or mother of some little baby rats, who would now die of hunger. Even if the rat got away, he would whip the dog for not catching it, yet the dog had done his best; for, of course, dogs must do what their masters tell them, and cannot know any better. OMMY SMITH WHO WAS VERY CRUEL TO ANIMALS BECAUSE NOBODY HAD TAUGHT HIM THAT IT WAS WRONG TO BE SO HE WOULD THROW STONES AT THE BIRDS AS THEY SAT IN THE TREES OR HEDGES AND IF HE DID NOT HIT THEM THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO QUICK FOR HIM AND FLEW AWAY AS SOON AS THEY SAW THE STONE COMING BUT HE ALWAYS MEANT TO HIT THEM YES AND TO KILL THEM TOO WHICH MADE IT EVERY BIT AS SAD AS IF HE REALLY HAD KILLED THEM THEN IF HE SAW A RAT HE WOULD MAKE HIS DOG RUN AFTER IT AND IF THE POOR THING TRIED TO ESCAPE BY RUNNING DOWN A HOLE HE AND THE DOG TOGETHER WOULD DIG IT OUT AND THEN THE DOG WOULD BITE IT WITH HIS SHARP TEETH UNTIL IT WAS QUITE DEAD IT NEVER SEEMED TO OCCUR TO THIS BOY THAT THE POOR RAT HAD DONE HIM NO HARM AND THAT IT MIGHT BE THE FATHER OR MOTHER OF SOME LITTLE BABY RATS WHO WOULD NOW DIE OF HUNGER EVEN IF THE RAT GOT AWAY HE WOULD WHIP THE DOG FOR NOT CATCHING IT YET THE DOG HAD DONE HIS BEST FOR OF COURSE DOGS MUST DO WHAT THEIR MASTERS TELL THEM AND CANNOT KNOW ANY BETTER
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