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This the owl was quite ready to do, and he taught them so well, and they all learnt so quickly, that when little Tommy Smith got up next morning to have his breakfast, there was hardly an animal in the whole country THIS THE OWL WAS QUITE READY TO DO AND HE TAUGHT THEM SO WELL AND THEY ALL LEARNT SO QUICKLY THAT WHEN LITTLE TOMMY SMITH GOT UP NEXT MORNING TO HAVE HIS BREAKFAST THERE WAS HARDLY AN ANIMAL IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO TALK TO HIM END CHAPTER ONE
g up through the chimneys. That is why I am so wise. So I can easily teach all of you enough of it to make _you_ able to talk to a little boy. My idea, then, is to _teach_ little Tommy Smith before we begin to _punish_ him, and it will be quite as easy to do the one as the other. Only let the next animal that he is going to kill or throw stones at, call out to him, and tell him not to do so. This will surprise him so much that he will be sure to leave off, and then each of us can tell him something about ourselves in turn. In this way he will get such a high idea of all of us, that he will never annoy us any more, but treat us with great respect for the future.” [Illustration: “THAT IS WHY I AM SO WISE”] All the other animals thought this was a very clever idea of the owl’s, and they agreed to do what he said, before trying anything else. So they begged him to begin teaching them the little-boy language at once (all except the rat, for he knew it too), so that they should lose no time. HT OR EVEN ON THE HOUSES THEMSELVES AND I CAN HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS COMING UP THROUGH THE CHIMNEYS THAT IS WHY I AM SO WISE SO I CAN EASILY TEACH ALL OF YOU ENOUGH OF IT TO MAKE YOU ABLE TO TALK TO A LITTLE BOY MY IDEA THEN IS TO TEACH LITTLE TOMMY SMITH BEFORE WE BEGIN TO PUNISH HIM AND IT WILL BE QUITE AS EASY TO DO THE ONE AS THE OTHER ONLY LET THE NEXT ANIMAL THAT HE IS GOING TO KILL OR THROW STONES AT CALL OUT TO HIM AND TELL HIM NOT TO DO SO THIS WILL SURPRISE HIM SO MUCH THAT HE WILL BE SURE TO LEAVE OFF AND THEN EACH OF US CAN TELL HIM SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES IN TURN IN THIS WAY HE WILL GET SUCH A HIGH IDEA OF ALL OF US THAT HE WILL NEVER ANNOY US ANY MORE BUT TREAT US WITH GREAT RESPECT FOR THE FUTURE ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY CLEVER IDEA OF THE OWLS AND THEY AGREED TO DO WHAT HE SAID BEFORE TRYING ANYTHING ELSE SO THEY BEGGED HIM TO BEGIN TEACHING THEM THE LITTLE BOY LANGUAGE AT ONCE ALL EXCEPT THE RAT FOR HE KNEW IT TOO SO THAT THEY SHOULD LOSE NO TIME
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