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"If we did _not_ lay eggs," said the father peewit (he looked _very_ grave as he spoke), "there would soon be no more peewits in the world, and what do you suppose would happen then?" Tommy Smith didn't know, so he said, "What _would_ happen, Mr. Peewit?" "It is too dreadful to think about," the peewit said. "The very idea of it makes one shudder. A world without peewits! Oh dear! a nice sort of world _that_ would be!" The mother peewit shook her head. "It could hardly go on, dear; could it?" she said. IF WE DID NOT LAY EGGS SAID THE FATHER PEWIT HE LOOKED VERY GRAVE AS HE SPOKE THEN THERE WOULD BE NO MORE PEWITS IN THE WORLD AND WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE WOULD HAPPEN THEN TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T KNOW SO HE SAID WHAT WOULD HAPPEN MISTER PEWIT IT IS TOO DREADFUL TO THINK ABOUT THE PEWIT SAID THE VERY IDEA OF IT MAKES ONE SHUDDER A WORLD WITHOUT PEWITS OH DEAR A NICE SORT OF WORLD THAT WOULD BE THE MOTHER PEWIT SHOOK HER HEAD IT COULD HARDLY GO ON DEAR COULD IT SHE SAID
let alone, and that would be a very good thing. Fowls, you know, are accustomed to it, but we peewits have finer feelings.” “Yes,” said the mother peewit; “we are more sensitive than common poultry.” Tommy Smith couldn’t help remembering what the rat had said to him about asking the hen, and he thought he _would_ ask her some day. But now he was talking to peewits. “You told me it was very difficult to find your eggs,” he said. “So it is,” said the father peewit; “but it is not impossible.” “I wish it were,” said the mother peewit. “But there are wicked men who learn how to do it, and then they can find them quite easily. Oh, what a wicked world it is!” Tommy Smith didn’t know what to say to comfort the poor peewits, until all at once an idea occurred to him. “Why do you lay eggs at all?” he said. “You know, if you didn’t lay them, nobody could take them away from you.” “Not lay eggs?” cried the mother peewit. “Why, it is our duty to lay them. We have our duties to perform, of course.”  PEWIT THAT IF PEOPLE ONLY ATE FOWLS EGGS PEWITS EGGS WOULD BE LET ALONE AND THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOWLS YOU KNOW ARE ACCUSTOMED TO IT BUT WE PEWITS HAVE FINER FEELINGS YES SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE THAN COMMON POULTRY TOMMY SMITH COULDN'T HELP REMEMBERING WHAT THE RAT HAD SAID TO HIM ABOUT ASKING THE HEN AND HE THOUGHT HE WOULD ASK HER SOME DAY BUT NOW HE WAS TALKING TO PEWITS YOU TOLD ME IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND YOUR EGGS HE SAID SO IT IS SAID THE FATHER PEWIT BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE I WISH IT WERE SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT BUT THERE ARE WICKED MEN WHO LEARN HOW TO DO IT AND THEN THEY CAN FIND THEM QUITE EASILY OH WHAT A WICKED WORLD IT IS TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO COMFORT THE POOR PEWITS UNTIL ALL AT ONCE AN IDEA OCCURRED TO HIM WHY DO YOU LAY YOUR EGGS AT ALL HE SAID YOU KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T LAY THEM NOBODY COULD TAKE THEM AWAY FROM YOU NOT LAY EGGS CRIED THE MOTHER PEWIT WHY IT IS OUR DUTY TO LAY THEM WE HAVE OUR DUTIES TO PERFORM OF COURSE
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