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"Yes, indeed," cooed the mother woodpigeon, as she looked down from the branch where she sat on her nest; "one of the cleverest things in the whole world." YES INDEED COOED THE MOTHER PIGEON AS SHE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE BRANCH WHERE SHE SAT ON HER NEST ONE OF THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WORLD
ty or not.” “_They_ think it _nice_,” said the father woodpigeon. “And no wonder,” said the mother woodpigeon. “When _we_ swallow it, it is hard and cold, but when it comes up again for _them_ to swallow, it is soft and warm, and very like milk. It is not every bird who feeds its young ones like _that_.” “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith; “most birds fly to them with a worm or a caterpillar in their beaks, and give it to them just as it is.” “That is the old-fashioned way,” said the mother woodpigeon; “but we are more civilised, and have learnt to _prepare_ our children’s food.” “Besides,” said the father woodpigeon, “we eat seeds and grains, and little things like that, and it would take us a very long time to carry a sufficient number of them to the nest. Our young ones would be so hungry, and we should not be able to bring them enough to satisfy them, and then they would starve. So we have thought of this way of managing it, and I think it is one of the cleverest things in the whole world.” HER WOODPIGEON THEY WILL TELL YOU WHETHER IT IS NASTY OR NOT THEY THINK IT IS NICE SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON AND NO WONDER SAID THE MOTHER WOOD PIGEON WHEN WE SWALLOW IT IT IS HARD AND COLD BUT WHEN IT COMES UP AGAIN FOR THEM TO SWALLOW IT IS SOFT AND WARM AND VERY LIKE MILK IT IS NOT EVERY BIRD WHO FEEDS ITS YOUNG ONES LIKE THAT OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH MOST BIRDS FLY TO THEM WITH A WORM OR A CATERPILLAR IN THEIR BEAKS AND GIVE IT TO THEM JUST AS IT IS THAT IS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY SAID THE MOTHER WOOD PIGEON BUT WE ARE MORE CIVILISED AND WE HAVE LEARNT TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN'S FOOD BESIDES SAID THE FATHER WOODPIGEON WE EAT SEEDS AND GRAINS AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT WOULD TAKE US A VERY LONG TIME TO CARRY A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THEM TO THE NEST OUR YOUNG ONES WOULD BE SO HUNGRY THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THEM ENOUGH TO SATISFY THEM AND THEN THEY WOULD STARVE SO WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS WAY OF MANAGING IT AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE CLEVEREST THINGS IN THE WHOLE WORLD
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