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He couldn't help thinking that perhaps the peewits ate the little frogs. But, just as he was going to ask them this, he remembered that if he didn't make haste home, he would be late for dinner. HE COULDN'T HELP THINKING THAT PERHAPS THE PEWITS ATE THE LITTLE FROGS BUT JUST AS HE WAS GOING TO ASK THEM THIS HE REMEMBERED THAT IF HE DIDN'T MAKE HASTE HOME HE WOULD BE LATE FOR DINNER
 Smith; “if you don’t eat the cherries, or the strawberries, or the asparagus, or”— “We are not vegetarians,” said the peewit, “we prefer an animal diet, and we only eat things that do harm.” “But don’t you eat worms?” said Tommy Smith. “Of course we do,” said the peewit. “But I don’t think worms do harm.” “If they don’t, it is because we eat them,” the peewit retorted. “If we didn’t eat them, there would be too many of them, and then, of course, they would do harm.” “Well, when I grow up,” said Tommy Smith, “I will have peewits in my garden as well as frogs, and—Oh! but do you agree with frogs?” he asked, for this was an important point. “Young frogs agree very well with _us_,” said the peewit. “So it comes to the same thing, doesn’t it?” “I don’t know,” said Tommy Smith. “Not if the old ones don’t.” “As for the old ones,” said the peewit, “we leave them alone. They are too big to be interfered with. So, you see, that’s all right too.” Tommy Smith didn’t feel quite so sure about this. NS TO EAT THE SLUGS AND THE INSECTS THERE I SUPPOSE THAT IS BEING USEFUL OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH IF YOU DON'T EAT THE CHERRIES OR THE STRAWBERRIES OR THE ASPARAGUS OR WE ARE NOT VEGETARIANS SAID THE PEWIT WE PREFER AN ANIMAL DIET AND WE ONLY EAT THINGS THAT DO HARM BUT DON'T YOU EAT WORMS SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE WE DO SAID THE PEWIT BUT I DON'T THINK WORMS DO HARM IF THEY DON'T IT IS BECAUSE WE EAT THEM THE PEWIT RETORTED IF WE DIDN'T EAT THEM THERE WOULD BE TOO MANY OF THEM AND THEN OF COURSE THEY WOULD DO HARM WELL WHEN I GROW UP SAID TOMMY SMITH I WILL HAVE PEWITS IN MY GARDEN AS WELL AS FROGS AND OH BUT DO YOU AGREE FROGS HE ASKED FOR THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT POINT YOUNG FROGS AGREE VERY WELL WITH US SAID THE PEWIT SO IT COMES TO THE SAME THING DOESN'T IT I DON'T KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH NOT IF THE OLD ONES DON'T AS FOR THE OLD ONES SAID THE PEWIT WE LEAVE THEM ALONE THEY ARE TOO BIG TO BE INTERFERED WITH SO YOU SEE THAT'S ALL RIGHT TOO TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T FEEL QUITE SO SURE ABOUT THIS
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