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"Oh yes," said Tommy Smith, and he tried to think what was a sensible question. He had thought of a good many questions to ask, and they had seemed sensible at the time, but now he began to feel afraid that the woodpigeon would think them foolish. At last he said, "Please, Mr. Woodpigeon, where do you live?" OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH AND HE TRIED TO THINK WHAT WAS A SENSIBLE QUESTION HE HAD THOUGHT OF A GOOD MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK AND THEY HAD SEEMED SENSIBLE AT THE TIME BUT NOW HE BEGAN TO FEEL AFRAID THAT THE WOODPIGEON WOULD THINK THEM FOOLISH AT LAST HE SAID PLEASE MISTER WOODPIGEON WHERE DO YOU LIVE
etter not. It didn’t seem quite delicate to talk to a woodpigeon about eating a fowl. “The gizzard is the mill that I am talking about,” said the woodpigeon. “All the food that we eat goes into it, and then it is ground up, just as corn is ground between two hard stones. But though our gizzard is very hard, it is not quite so hard as stones are, so we swallow some small sharp stones, which go into our gizzard, and are rolled about with the grain and seeds there, and help to crush them. Then, when they are nice and soft, they are ready to go on into the stomach. So now you know what sort of thing a gizzard is, and why we swallow stones.” “But don’t the stones hurt you?” asked Tommy Smith. “Do you think we would swallow them if they did?” answered the woodpigeon. “What a foolish question to ask!” Tommy Smith stood for a little while thinking about it, and wondering if _he_ had a mill inside _him_, till at last the woodpigeon said, “Perhaps you would like to ask me a _sensible_ question.” E WAS FOWL FOR DINNER BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER NOT IT DIDN'T SEEM QUITE DELICATE TO TALK TO A WOODPIGEON ABOUT EATING A FOWL THE GIZZARD IS THE MILL THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT SAID THE WOODPIGEON ALL THE FOOD THAT WE GET GOES INTO IT AND THEN IT IS GROUND UP JUST AS CORN IS GROUND BETWEEN TWO HARD STONES BUT THOUGH OUR GIZZARD IS VERY HARD IT IS NOT QUITE SO HARD AS STONES ARE SO WE SWALLOW SOME SMALL SHARP STONES WHICH GO INTO OUR GIZZARD AND ARE ROLLED ABOUT WITH THE GRAIN AND SEEDS THERE AND HELP TO CRUSH THEM THEN WHEN THEY ARE NICE AND SOFT THEY ARE READY TO GO ON INTO THE STOMACH SO NOW YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF THING A GIZZARD IS AND WHY WE SWALLOW STONES BUT DON'T THE STONES HURT YOU ASKED TOMMY SMITH DO YOU THINK WE WOULD SWALLOW THEM IF THEY DID ANSWERED THE WOODPIGEON WHAT A FOOLISH QUESTION TO ASK TOMMY SMITH STOOD FOR A LITTLE WHILE THINKING ABOUT IT AND WONDERING IF HE HAD A MILL INSIDE HIM TILL AT LAST THE WOODPIGEON SAID PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME A SENSIBLE QUESTION
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