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Or, here is another way. Think how many rats and mice there are even now, although there are so many owls to catch them, and think how much harm they do, and think how many more there would be, and how much more harm they would do if there were no owls to catch them. That is a lot of thinking is it not? OR HERE IS ANOTHER WAY THINK HOW MANY RATS AND MICE THERE ARE EVEN NOW ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY OWLS TO CATCH THEM AND THINK HOW MUCH HARM THEY DO AND THINK HOW MANY MORE THERE WOULD BE AND HOW MUCH MORE HARM THEY WOULD DO IF THERE WERE NO OWLS TO CATCH THEM THAT IS A LOT OF THINKING IS IT NOT
uld like to have all your corn, and wheat, and hay, and everything eaten up by rats and mice, would you?” “Oh no,” said Tommy Smith. “That is what would happen, though, if it wasn’t for me,” said the owl. “You see, _I_ eat the rats and mice. They are my proper food, especially the mice. A full-grown rat is rather large for me—too large to swallow whole, at anyrate; and I like to swallow things whole if I can. But the mice and the young rats are just the right size, and you’ve no idea what a lot of them I eat. I have a very good appetite, I can tell you, and so have my children. Of course, I have to feed them as well as myself, so there is plenty of work for me to do. Every night I fly round the fields and farmyards, and when I see a mouse, or a rat, or a mole, or a shrew-mouse, down I pounce upon it. Now think how many owls there are all over the country, and think what thousands and thousands of rats and mice they must catch every night, and then think what a lot of good they must do. MER THE OWL WENT ON I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL YOUR CORN AND WHEAT AND HAY AND EVERYTHING EATEN UP BY RATS AND MICE WOULD YOU OH NO SAID TOMMY SMITH THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THOUGH IF IT WASN'T FOR ME SAID THE OWL YOU SEE I EAT THE RATS AND MICE THEY ARE MY PROPER FOOD ESPECIALLY THE MICE A FULL GROWN RAT IS RATHER LARGE FOR ME TOO LARGE TO SWALLOW HOLE AT ANY RATE AND I LIKE TO SWALLOW THINGS WHOLE IF I CAN BUT THE MICE AND THE YOUNG RATS ARE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE AND YOU'VE NO IDEA WHAT A LOT OF THEM I EAT I HAVE A VERY GOOD APPETITE I CAN TELL YOU AND SO HAVE MY CHILDREN OF COURSE I HAVE TO FEED THEM AS WELL AS MYSELF SO THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK FOR ME TO DO EVERY NIGHT I FLY ROUND THE FIELDS AND FARMYARDS AND WHEN I SEE A MOUSE OR A RAT OR A MOLE OR A SHREW MOUSE DOWN I POUNCE UPON IT NOW THINK HOW MANY OWLS THERE ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THINK WHAT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RATS AND MICE THEY MUST CATCH EVERY NIGHT AND THEN THINK WHAT A LOT OF GOODS THEY MUST DO
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