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That is why I am so wise. So I can easily teach all of you enough of it to make _you_ able to talk to a little boy. My idea, then, is to _teach_ little Tommy Smith before we begin to _punish_ him, and it will be quite as easy to do the one as the other. THAT IS WHY I AM SO WISE SO I CAN EASILY TEACH ALL OF YOU ENOUGH OF IT TO MAKE YOU ABLE TO TALK TO A LITTLE BOY MY IDEA THEN IS TO TEACH LITTLE TOMMY SMITH BEFORE WE BEGIN TO PUNISH HIM AND IT WILL BE QUITE AS EASY TO DO THE ONE AS THE OTHER
haps even kill him, if we really tried to. But would it not be a better plan, first to see if we cannot make little Tommy Smith a better boy? Many little boys are unkind to animals because they know nothing about them, and think that they are stupid and useless. If they knew how clever we all of us really are, and what a lot of good we do, I do not think they would be unkind to us any more. I am sure that they would then have quite a friendly feeling towards us. But they cannot know this without being taught. Tommy Smith’s father and mother _ought_, of course, to teach him, but as they will not do so, why should not we teach him ourselves? To do this, we shall have to speak to him in his own language, as he does not understand ours; but that is not such a difficult matter to us animals. I myself can speak it quite well when I want to, for I often sit on the trees near old houses at night, or even on the houses themselves, and I can hear the conversations coming up through the chimneys.  THIS BOY VERY MUCH OR PERHAPS EVEN KILL HIM IF WE REALLY TRIED TO BUT WOULD IT NOT BE A BETTER PLAN FIRST TO SEE IF WE CANNOT MAKE LITTLE TOMMY SMITH A BETTER BOY MANY LITTLE BOYS ARE UNKIND TO ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM AND THINK THAT THEY ARE STUPID AND USELESS IF THEY KNEW HOW CLEVER WE ALL OF US REALLY ARE AND WHAT A LOT OF GOOD WE DO I DO NOT THINK THEY WOULD BE UNKIND TO US ANY MORE I AM SURE THAT THEY WOULD THEN HAVE QUITE A FRIENDLY FEELING TOWARDS US BUT THEY CANNOT KNOW THIS WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT TOMMY SMITH'S FATHER AND MOTHER OUGHT OF COURSE TO TEACH HIM BUT AS THEY WILL NOT DO SO WHY SHOULD WE NOT TEACH HIM OURSELVES TO DO THIS WE SHALL HAVE TO SPEAK TO HIM IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE AS HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND OURS BUT THAT IS NOT SUCH A DIFFICULT MATTER TO US ANIMALS I MYSELF CAN SPEAK IT QUITE WELL WHEN I WANT TO FOR I OFTEN SIT ON THE TREES NEAR OLD HOUSES AT NIGHT OR EVEN ON THE HOUSES THEMSELVES AND I CAN HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS COMING UP THROUGH THE CHIMNEYS
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