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"Why, haven't you seen the way I tumble about in the air?" said the peewit. "And don't you think that _that_ is very clever? You couldn't do it yourself, however much you were to try." WHY HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THE WAY I TUMBLE ABOUT IN THE AIR SAID THE PEEWIT AND DON'T YOU THINK THAT THAT WAS VERY CLEVER YOU COULDN'T DO IT YOURSELF HOWEVER MUCH YOU WERE TO TRY
y Smith did not think the peewit was right in this opinion of his, but he thought that he had better not contradict him so early in the conversation. So he only said, “Then, I suppose, you must always be happy, Mr. Peewit, for you are always saying ‘Pee-wee-eet’?” “I am always happy as long as people don’t shoot me, or take away my eggs,” said the peewit. “Why should I not be? It is very pleasant to be alive.” “And the grass-snake said _he_ was happy too,” thought Tommy Smith. “Then, are _all_ animals happy, Mr. Peewit?” he asked. “Oh yes,” the peewit answered, “they all enjoy their life. That is why it is so wrong to kill them. For when you kill an animal, you take some of the happiness that was in the world out of it, and you can never put it back there again, however much you try.” “I never will kill animals any more,” said Tommy Smith. “But now, Mr. Peewit, won’t you tell me something about yourself? Do _you_ do any clever things as well as the other animals that I have spoken to?” Y MY SONG IS JUST AS GOOD AS THEIRS OR ANY OTHER BIRDS TOMMY SMITH DID NOT THINK THE PEWIT WAS RIGHT IN THIS OPINION OF HIS BUT HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BETTER NOT CONTRADICT HIM SO EARLY IN THE CONVERSATION SO HE ONLY SAID THEN I SUPPOSE YOU MUST ALWAYS BE HAPPY MISTER PEWIT FOR YOU ARE ALWAYS SAYING PEWEETIET I AM ALWAYS HAPPY AS LONG AS PEOPLE DON'T SHOOT ME OR TAKE AWAY MY EGGS SAID THE PEEWIT WHY SHOULD I NOT BE IT IS VERY PLEASANT TO BE ALIVE AND THE GRASSNAKE SAID HE WAS HAPPY TOO THOUGHT TOMMY SMITH THEN ARE ALL ANIMALS HAPPY MISTER PEWIT HE ASKED OH YES THE PEWIT ANSWERED THEY ALL ENJOY THEIR LIFE THAT IS WHY IT IS SO WRONG TO KILL THEM FOR WHEN YOU KILL AN ANIMAL YOU TAKE SOME OF THE HAPPINESS THAT WAS IN THE WORLD OUT OF IT AND YOU CAN NEVER PUT IT BACK THERE AGAIN HOWEVER MUCH YOU TRY I NEVER WILL KILL ANIMALS ANY MORE SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT NOW MISTER PEWIT WON'T YOU TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF DO YOU DO ANY CLEVER THINGS AS WELL AS THE OTHER ANIMALS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO
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