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A retinue is an _entourage_, you know, and"— "But I don't know what that word means either," said Tommy Smith (and, indeed, he thought it was rather a more difficult one than the other). "Oh dear," said the owl, "I am forgetting again. A RETINUE IS AN ENTRAGE YOU KNOW AND BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS EITHER SAID TOMMY SMITH AND INDEED HE THOUGHT IT WAS RATHER A MORE DIFFICULT ONE THAN THE OTHER OH DEAR SAID THE OWL I AM FORGETTING AGAIN
all the rest is of no consequence. Why do you suppose”—The owl stopped all of a sudden, as if he had just thought of something, and then he said, “But, perhaps, hearing so many wise things, one after the other, in such a short time, may be bad for you,—too much strain on the brain, you know. What do you think?” “Oh, I don’t think it will do me any harm,” said Tommy Smith. “Very well,” said the owl; “in the cool of the night, perhaps, it may not, but I wouldn’t answer for it in the daytime, if the sun was at all hot. Well, now do you suppose that if all the people in the world who had retinues were to know what their retinues thought about them, they would be any the happier for it?” “I don’t know,” said Tommy Smith. “Well,” said the owl (I really cannot tell you how wise he looked as he said this), “_I do_.” “But what _is_ a retinue?” asked Tommy Smith. “Oh dear,” said the owl, “I have been forgetting that I am a wise owl, and that you are only a little boy who doesn’t know long words. THER THEY LIKE ME OR NOT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE A RETINUE ALL THE REST IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THE OWL STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN AS IF HE HAD JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING AND THEN HE SAID BUT PERHAPS HEARING SO MANY WISE THINGS ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN SUCH A SHORT TIME MAY BE BAD FOR YOU TOO MUCH STRAIN THE BRAIN YOU KNOW WHAT DO YOU THINK OH I DON'T THINK IT WILL DO ME ANY HARM SAID TOMMY SMITH VERY WELL SAID THE OWL IN THE COOL OF THE NIGHT PERHAPS IT MAY NOT BUT I WOULDN'T ANSWER FOR IT IN THE DAYTIME IF THE SUN WAS AT ALL HOT WELL NOW DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAD RETINUES WERE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RETINUES THOUGHT ABOUT THEM THEY WOULD BE ANY THE HAPPIER FOR IT I DON'T KNOW SAID TOMMY SMITH WELL SAID THE OWL I REALLY CANNOT TELL YOU HOW WISE HE LOOKED AS HE SAID THIS I DO BUT WHAT IS A RETINUE ASKED TOMMY SMITH OH DEAR SAID THE OWL I HAVE BEEN FORGETTING THAT I AM A WISE OWL AND THAT YOU ARE ONLY A LITTLE BOY WHO DOESN'T KNOW LONG WORDS
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