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It takes one half a lifetime to do _that_—_well_." "Does it?" said Tommy Smith. "Ask your father," said the owl; "only you mustn't expect him to make such a wise answer as I should, because, of course, he isn't an owl, like me." IT TAKES ONE HALF A LIFETIME TO DO THAT WELL DOES IT SAID TOMMY SMITH ASK YOUR FATHER SAID THE OWL ONLY YOU MUSTN'T EXPECT HIM TO MAKE SUCH A WISE ANSWER AS I SHOULD BECAUSE OF COURSE HE ISN'T AN OWL LIKE ME
 couldn’t myself _once_, when I was only a young owl, but now that I am grown up, and have a wife and family to assist me, I can.” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith. (It was all he could think of to say.) “You’ve no idea,” the owl went on, “what a time it takes one to make _some_ remarks properly. Now take, for instance, the one, ‘It’s a sad world!’ It _seems_ very easy, but even if you were to repeat it a hundred times a day for the next fortnight, you wouldn’t be able to say it in the way it ought to be said—like this,” and the owl snapped his beak, and said it again. “_That_ sounds _convincing_,” he remarked; “but as for a little boy saying it in _that_ way,—no, no.” “Is it so _very_ difficult,” said Tommy Smith. “Well, it wants help,” said the owl; “that’s the principal thing. If you were left to yourself, you’d never manage it; but first one person helps you, and then another, until at last—after a good many years, you know—you get into the way of it. It’s like shrugging one’s shoulders. ULDN'T HAVE MADE IT YOU KNOW I MEAN OF COURSE WITH THE PROPER EXPRESSION I COULDN'T MYSELF ONCE WHEN I WAS ONLY A YOUNG OWL BUT NOW THAT I AM GROWN UP AND HAVE A WIFE AND FAMILY TO ASSIST ME I CAN OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IT WAS ALL HE COULD THINK OF TO SAY YOU'VE NO IDEA THE OWL WENT ON WHAT TIME IT TAKES ONE TO MAKE SOME REMARKS PROPERLY NOW TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE ONE IT'S A SAD WORLD IT SEEMS VERY EASY BUT EVEN IF YOU WERE TO REPEAT IT A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY FOR THE NEXT FORTNIGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY IT IN THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE SAID LIKE THIS AND THE OWL SNAPPED ITS BEAK AND SAID IT AGAIN THAT SOUNDS CONVINCING HE REMARKED BUT AS FOR A LITTLE BOY SAYING IT IN THAT WAY NO NO IT IS SO VERY DIFFICULT SAID TOMMY SMITH WELL IT WANTS HELP SAID THE OWL THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL THING IF YOU WERE LEFT TO YOURSELF YOU'D NEVER MANAGE IT BUT FIRST ONE PERSON HELPS YOU AND THEN ANOTHER UNTIL AT LAST AFTER A GOOD MANY YEARS YOU KNOW YOU GET INTO THE WAY OF IT IT'S LIKE SHRUGGING ONE'S SHOULDERS
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