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"Is it so _very_ wicked to eat eggs?" asked Tommy Smith. "I have eaten a great many myself." IS IT SO VERY WICKED TO EAT EGGS ASKED TOMMY SMITH I HAVE EATEN A GREAT MANY MYSELF
ought, they were large eggs for a peewit to lay. A peewit is hardly so large as a pigeon, but these eggs were a good deal larger than a pigeon’s egg. “Yes, they are very nice eggs,” he said at last, as he got up from his hands and knees. “Are they good to eat?” “Yes,” said the father peewit, “they are”; and as he said this he looked _very_, _very_ sad. “Yes, they _are_ good to eat,” said the mother peewit, as she nestled down on her eggs again. “Oh, how I wish they were not!” “Why?” said Tommy Smith. (He was only a little boy, or he would not have asked such questions.) “I will tell you why,” said the mother peewit. “There are bad men who come and take our eggs _because_ they are so good to eat, and then they sell them to greedy wretches, who are still worse than themselves. Oh, how wicked men are! Just fancy! They eat our poor little children whilst they are still in their cradles.” “Yes,” said the father peewit, “for the mere pleasure of eating, they will ruin thousands of families.” Y WERE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE EGGS THAT A HEN LAYS BUT STILL TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THEY WERE LARGE EGGS FOR A PEEWIT TO LAY A PEWIT IS HARDLY SO LARGE AS A PIGEON BUT THESE EGGS WERE A GOOD DEAL LARGER THAN A PIGEON'S EGG YES THEY ARE VERY NICE EGGS HE SAID AT LAST AS HE GOT UP FROM HIS HANDS AND KNEES ARE THEY GOOD TO EAT YES SAID THE FATHER PEWIT THEY ARE AND AS HE SAID THIS HE LOOKED VERY VERY SAD YES THEY ARE GOOD TO EAT SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT AS SHE NESTLED DOWN ON HER EGGS AGAIN OH HOW I WISH THEY WERE NOT WHY SAID TOMMY SMITH HE WAS ONLY A LITTLE BOY OR HE WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED SUCH QUESTIONS I WILL TELL YOU WHY SAID THE MOTHER PEWIT THERE ARE BAD MEN WHO COME AND TAKE OUR EGGS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD TO EAT AND THEN THEY SELL THEM TO GREEDY WRETCHES WHO ARE STILL WORSE THAN THEMSELVES OH HOW WICKED MEN ARE JUST FANCY THEY EAT OUR POOR LITTLE CHILDREN WHILST THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR CRADLES YES SAID THE FATHER PEWIT FOR THE MERE PLEASURE OF EATING THEY WILL RUIN THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES
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