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So think what a lot of good we must do, and remember that the boy who kills a rook is doing harm to somebody's corn, or wheat, or potatoes." SO THINK WHAT A LOT OF GOOD WE MUST DO AND REMEMBER THAT THE BOY WHO KILLS A ROOK IS DOING HARM TO SOMEBODY'S CORN OR WHEAT OR POTATOES
round for four years before it turns into a real cockchafer, and all this time it keeps growing larger and larger; and, of course, the larger it grows, the more it eats and the more harm it does. Now if there were no one to kill this great, greedy thing, I don’t know what the farmers would do, for all their crops would be spoilt. But we rooks kill them, and eat them too, for they are very nice, and we like them very much. We eat them for breakfast, and dinner, and supper, so you can think what a lot of them we eat in the day. When you see us walking about over the fields, we are looking for these great white things, and, whenever we give a dig into the ground with our beaks, you may be almost sure that we have either found one of them or something else which does harm too. When the fields are ploughed, a great many grubs and worms are turned up by the ploughshare, and then you may see us following the plough, and walking along in the furrow it has made, so as to pick up all we can get.  THE COCKCHAFER GRUB LIES IN THE GROUND FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT TURNS INTO A REAL COCKCHAFER AND ALL THIS TIME IT KEEPS GROWING LARGER AND LARGER AND OF COURSE THE LARGER IT GROWS THE MORE IT EATS AND THE MORE HARM IT DOES NOW IF THERE WERE NO ONE TO KILL THIS GREAT GREEDY THING I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FARMERS WOULD DO FOR ALL THEIR CROPS WOULD BE SPOILED BUT WE ROOKS KILL THEM AND EAT THEM TOO FOR THEY ARE VERY NICE AND WE LIKE THEM VERY MUCH WE EAT THEM FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER AND SUPPER SO YOU CAN THINK WHAT A LOT OF THEM WE EAT IN A DAY WHEN YOU SEE US WALKING ABOUT OVER THE FIELDS WE ARE LOOKING FOR THESE GREAT WHITE THINGS AND WHETHER WE GIVE A DIG INTO THE GROUND WITH OUR BEAKS YOU MAY BE ALMOST SURE THAT WE HAVE EITHER FOUND ONE OF THEM OR SOMETHING ELSE WHICH DOES HARM TWO WHEN THE FIELDS ARE PLOWED A GREAT MANY GRUBS AND WORMS ARE TURNED UP BY THE PLOUGHSHARE AND THEN YOU MAY SEE US FOLLOWING THE PLOW AND WALKING ALONG IN THE FURROW IT HAS MADE SO AS TO PICK UP ALL WE CAN GET
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