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"Why, how do you drink water?" asked Tommy Smith. "Don't you drink it like other birds?" "I should think not," said the father woodpigeon. "Other birds take a little in their bills, and then lift their heads up and let it run down their throats, but we pigeons would be ashamed to drink in such a way as that. WHY HOW DO YOU DRINK WATER ASKED TOMMY SMITH DON'T YOU DRINK IT LIKE OTHER BIRDS I SHOULD THINK NOT SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON OTHER BIRDS TAKE A LITTLE IN THEIR BILLS AND THEN THEY LIFT THEIR HEADS UP AND LET IT RUN DOWN THEIR THROATS BUT WE PIGEONS WOULD BE ASHAMED TO DRINK IN SUCH A WAY AS THAT
arnt 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.” “Never,” said the mother woodpigeon. “They don’t drink water as we do. That is the test.” ID 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 NEVER SAID THE MOTHERWOOD PIGEON THEY DON'T DRINK WATER AS WE DO THAT IS THE TEST
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