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The hare did not seem so very frightened. Perhaps he knew that he could run away faster than any stick thrown by a little boy could come after him. THE HARE DID NOT SEEM SO VERY FRIGHTENED PERHAPS HE KNEW THAT HE COULD RUN AWAY FASTER THAN ANY STICK THROWN BY A LITTLE BOY COULD COME AFTER HIM
 that there was someone waiting for him there who would be glad to see him again, when he came down to roost. But Tommy Smith did not think of this, for nobody had talked to him about it. All he thought of was how he could get the eggs, so that he could take them away with him, and show them to other boys. Ah! what was that? How gracefully the cowslips waved, and up went a lark into the sky; and as he rose he seemed to shake a song out of his wings. Tommy Smith thought there was sure to be a nest close to where he had risen, so he went to look; but before he had got to the place, away went something—something brown like a lark, but ever so much larger, and, instead of flying, it galloped along over the ground; so, you see, it was not a bird at all. What was it? Tommy Smith knew well enough, for he had often seen such an animal before. “Ha!” he cried. “Puss! puss! A hare! a hare!” and he sent the stick which he had in his hand whizzing after it; but, I am glad to say, he did not hit it. WN HE FANCIED HE COULD SEE THEM AND HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME ONE WAITING FOR HIM THERE WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE HIM WHEN HE CAME DOWN TO ROOST BUT TOMMY SMITH DID NOT THINK OF THIS FOR NOBODY HAD EVER TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT ALL HE THOUGHT WAS HOW HE COULD GET THE EGGS SO THAT HE COULD TAKE THEM AWAY WITH HIM AND SHOW THEM TO THE OTHER BOYS AH WHAT WAS THAT HOW GRACEFULLY THE COWSLIPS WAVED AND UP WENT A LARK INTO THE SKY AND AS HE ROSE HE SEEMED TO SHAKE A SONG OUT OF HIS WINGS TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THERE WAS SURE TO BE A NEST CLOSE TO WHERE HE HAD RISEN SO HE WENT TO LOOK BUT BEFORE HE HAD GOT INTO THE PLACE AWAY WENT SOMETHING SOMETHING BROWN LIKE A LARK BUT EVER SO MUCH LARGER AND INSTEAD OF FLYING IT GALLOPED ALONG THE GROUND SO YOU SEE IT WAS NOT A BIRD AT ALL WHAT WAS IT TOMMY SMITH KNEW WELL ENOUGH FOR HE HAD OFTEN SEEN SUCH AN ANIMAL BEFORE HU HE CRIED PUSS BUS A HARE A HARE AND HE SENT THE STICK WHICH HE HAD IN HIS HAND WHIZZING AFTER IT BUT I AM GLAD TO SAY HE DID NOT HIT IT
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