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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. 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
iek until I seem to be one of the mad bells myself. For they _are_ mad then, you know. They go mad once every year—on New Year’s day. People come out to listen sometimes. They look up into the air, and say, ‘Hark! There they go. It is the New Year now. They are ringing it in.’ Then all at once the bells stop ringing, and it is all over; the New Year 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 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.” THE OLD TOWER AND FLY ROUND IT AND WHOOP AND SHRIEK UNTIL I SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE MAD BELLS MYSELF FOR THEY ARE MAD THEN YOU KNOW THEY GO MAD ONCE EVERY YEAR ON NEW YEAR'S DAY PEOPLE COME OUT TO LISTEN SOMETIMES THEY LOOK UP INTO THE AIR AND SAY HARK THERE THEY GO IT IS THE NEW YEAR NOW THEY ARE RINGING IT IN THEN ALL AT ONCE THE BELLS STOP RINGING AND IT IS ALL OVER THE NEW YEAR 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
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