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That is what the lark means when he sings high up in the blue sky; and it is what the nightingale means when he sings all night long by his nest. And that is what I mean, too, when I sing, 'Pee wee eet! pee wee eet!' So if you look at it in that way, my song is just as good as theirs, or any other bird's." THAT IS WHAT THE LARK MEANS WHEN HE SINGS HIGH UP IN THE BLUE SKY AND IT IS WHAT THE NIGHTINGALE MEANS WHEN HE SINGS ALL NIGHT LONG BY HIS NEST AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN TOO WHEN I SING PEEWIT PEWEE IT SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY MY SONG IS JUST AS GOOD AS THEIRS OR ANY OTHER BIRDS
 what the lark or the nightingale sings. That is what _I_ call singing.” “If all birds were to sing as well as each other,” the peewit said, “perhaps you would not care to listen to any of them half so much. _Now_ you say, ‘How sweetly the lark sings,’ or ‘How beautifully the nightingale sings,’ because they sing better than other birds. But if every bird was as clever at singing as they are, then to sing well would be such a common thing, that you would hardly notice it at all. As it is, you don’t think about the lark nearly so much as the nightingale, because you hear him much oftener. So perhaps, after all, it is better that some birds should sing more sweetly than other birds. Don’t you agree with me?” “I don’t know,” said Tommy Smith. “I should never have thought of that, myself.” “There are a number of things that little boys would never have thought of,” said the peewit. “Besides,” he went on, “however well a bird may sing, all he _means_ by his singing is that he is very happy. SAID THE PEWIT NO SAID TOMMY SMITH IT IS NOT AT ALL LIKE WHAT THE LARK OR THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS THAT IS WHAT I CALL SINGING IF ALL BIRDS WERE TO SING AS WELL AS EACH OTHER THE PEWIT SAID PERHAPS YOU WOULD NOT CARE TO LISTEN TO ANY OF THEM HALF AS MUCH NOW YOU SEE HOW SWEETLY THE LARK SINGS OR HOW BEAUTIFULLY THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS BECAUSE THEY SING BETTER THAN OTHER BIRDS BUT IF EVERY BIRD WAS AS CLEVER AT SINGING AS THEY ARE THEN TO SING WELL WOULD BE SUCH A COMMON THING THAT YOU WOULD HARDLY NOTICE IT AT ALL AS IT IS YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE LARK NEARLY SO MUCH AS THE NIGHTINGALE BECAUSE YOU HEAR HIM MUCH OFTENER SO PERHAPS AFTER ALL IT IS BETTER THAT SOME BIRD SHOULD SING MORE SWEETLY THAN OTHER BIRDS DON'T YOU AGREE WITH ME I DON'T KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT LITTLE BOYS WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF SAID THE PEWIT BESIDES HE WENT ON HOWEVER WELL A BIRD MAY SING ALL HE MEANS BY HIS SINGING IS THAT HE IS VERY HAPPY
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