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At anyrate, there is more of me that isn't white, than that is. My face is white, I know,—these beautiful, soft, silky feathers that make two circles round my fine dark eyes,—my face discs they are called (what a pity you can't see them better!) AT ANY RATE THERE IS MORE OF ME THAT ISN'T WHITE THAN THAT IS MY FACE IS WHITE I KNOW THESE BEAUTIFUL SOFT SILKY FEATHERS THAT MAKE TWO CIRCLES AROUND MY FINE DARK EYES MY FACE DISKS THEY ARE CALLED WHAT A PITY YOU CAN'T SEE THEM BETTER
but he thought he had better not say so, as the owl spoke so positively. “There are a great many different kinds of owls in the world, you know,” the barn-owl continued. “Some are very large, as large as an eagle, and others are a good deal smaller than I am. Here, in England, there are three kinds,—the wood-owl, the tawny owl (I can’t answer for what _they_ say), and the barn-owl. Now _I_, thank goodness, am a barn-owl. I must ask you to remember that, because, naturally, I shouldn’t like to be mistaken for one of the others.” “Oh, I’m sure I shall remember it,” said Tommy Smith, “because”— “Never mind saying why,” said the owl, “it would take too long. Well, and were you surprised to see me?” “Oh yes, I was a little,” said Tommy Smith. “I just looked up, and I saw a great white thing going past the window.” “I suppose I looked white to you,” said the owl; “but that is because _you_ are not nocturnal, as I am. But, if you were an owl, like me, you would see that I am not really white. N'T THINK THAT SURE WAS MUCH MORE SENSIBLE REMARK THAN TO WIT TO WHOM BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER NOT SAY SO AS THE OWL SPOKE SO POSITIVELY THERE ARE A GREAT MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF OWLS IN THE WORLD YOU KNOW THE BARN OWL CONTINUED SOME ARE VERY LARGE AS LARGE AS AN EAGLE AND OTHERS ARE A GOOD DEAL SMALLER THAN I AM HERE IN ENGLAND THERE ARE THREE KINDS THE WOOD OWL THE TAWNY OWL I CAN'T ANSWER FOR WHAT THEY SAY AND THE BARN OWL NOW I THANK GOODNESS AM A BARN OWL I MUST ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE NATURALLY I SHOULDN'T LIKE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR ONE OF THE OTHERS OH I'M SURE I SHALL REMEMBER IT SAID TOMMY SMITH BECAUSE NEVER MIND SAYING WHY SAID THE OWL IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG WELL AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE ME OH YES I WAS A LITTLE SAID TOMMY SMITH I JUST LOOKED UP AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THING GOING PAST THE WINDOW I SUPPOSE I LOOKED WHITE TO YOU SAID THE OWL BUT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT NOCTURNAL AS I AM BUT IF YOU WERE AN OWL LIKE ME YOU WOULD SEE THAT I AM NOT REALLY WHITE
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