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We have our nests there, you know, and we could not find a safer place to make them in. WE HAVE OUR NESTS THERE YOU KNOW AND WE COULD NOT FIND A SAFER PLACE TO MAKE THEM IN
about it is more than _I_ can say, wise as I am. It all seems to go on just the same as before, and sometimes I wonder what all the fuss has been about. I have never been able to see any difference myself between the last minute of the thirty-first of December and the first minute of the first of January. On a cold rainy night especially, they seem very much alike. But, of course, there must _be_ a difference, or the bells wouldn’t ring as they do.” “Oh, they ring because it’s the new year, Mr. Owl,” said Tommy Smith. “Yes, that’s it,” said the owl; “but I should never have found it out without them.” Tommy Smith began to think that the owl couldn’t be so _very_ wise after all, or surely he would have known the difference between the old year and the new year. He was going to explain it to him thoroughly, but he was getting rather sleepy by this time, and it is difficult to explain things when one is sleepy. So he didn’t, and the owl went on with, “Oh yes, we love churches, we owls do. EAR HAS BEEN RUNG IN BUT WHAT THERE IS NEW ABOUT IT IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY WISE AS I AM IT ALL SEEMS TO GO ON JUST THE SAME AS BEFORE AND SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT ALL THE FUSS HAS BEEN ABOUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE ANY DIFFERENCE MYSELF BETWEEN THE LAST MINUTE OF THE THIRTY FIRST OF DECEMBER AND THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE FIRST OF JANUARY ON A COLD RAINY NIGHT ESPECIALLY THEY SEEM VERY MUCH ALIKE BUT OF COURSE THERE MUST BE A DIFFERENCE OR THE BELLS WON'T RING AS THEY DO OH THEY RING BECAUSE IT'S THE NEW YEAR MISTER OWL SAID TOMMY SMITH YES THAT'S IT SAID THE OWL BUT I SHOULD NEVER HAVE FOUND IT OUT WITHOUT THEM TOMMY SMITH BEGAN TO THINK THAT THE OWL COULDN'T BE SO VERY WISE AFTER ALL OR SURELY HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW YEAR HE WAS GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO HIM THOROUGHLY BUT HE WAS GETTING RATHER SLEEPY BY THIS TIME AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN THINGS WHEN ONE IS SLEEPY SO HE DIDN'T AND THE OWL WENT ON WITH OH YES WE LOVE CHURCHES WE OWLS DO
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