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"Of course not," said the squirrel. "Wherever there are plenty of squirrels, there are plenty of birds too, as long as people with guns don't shoot them. OF COURSE NOT SAID THE SQUIRREL WHENEVER THERE ARE PLENTY OF SQUIRRELS THERE ARE PLENTY OF BIRDS TOO AS LONG AS PEOPLE WITH GUNS DON'T SHOOT THEM
uch right to the trees as you have, and I think it is very wicked of you to eat their eggs.” “Perhaps it is,” said the squirrel; “but, you see, I get so hungry, and fresh eggs are so nice. By the bye, on what tree did you say the woodpigeon was sitting? I think I will go there with you.” “_Indeed_, you shan’t!” said Tommy Smith (and he was _very_ angry). “I won’t take you there. You want to eat her eggs, I know; and I think you are a very naughty animal.” The squirrel looked at Tommy Smith for a little while without speaking, and then he said, “You know, _I_ never eat hen’s eggs.” “Don’t you?” said Tommy Smith. It was all he could think of to say, for he remembered that _he did_ eat hen’s eggs. Of course he knew that that was different—the peewit had told him that it was—but just at that moment he couldn’t think of _why_ it was different, and he couldn’t help wishing that he hadn’t been _quite_ so angry with the squirrel. “Perhaps you don’t eat too many eggs,” he said in a milder tone. E THEIR NESTS IN TREES SAID TOMMY SMITH INDIGNANTLY THEY HAVE JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO THE TREES AS YOU HAVE AND I THINK IT IS VERY WICKED OF YOU TO EAT THEIR EGGS PERHAPS IT IS SAID THE SQUIRREL BUT YOU SEE I GET SO HUNGRY AND FRESH EGGS ARE SO NICE BY THE BY ON WHAT TREE DID YOU SAY THE WOODPIGEON WAS SITTING I THINK I WILL GO THERE WITH YOU INDEED YOU SHAN'T SAID TOMMY SMITH AND HE WAS VERY ANGRY I WON'T TAKE YOU THERE YOU WANT TO EAT HER EGGS I KNOW AND I THINK YOU ARE A VERY NAUGHTY ANIMAL THE SQUIRREL LOOKED AT TOMMY SMITH FOR A LITTLE WHILE WITHOUT SPEAKING AND THEN SAID I KNOW I NEVER EAT HENS EGGS DON'T YOU SAID TOMMY SMITH IT WAS ALL HE COULD THINK OF TO SAY FOR HE REMEMBERED THAT HE DID EAT HENS EGGS OF COURSE HE KNEW THAT THAT WAS DIFFERENT THE PEWIT HAD TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS BUT JUST AT THAT MOMENT HE COULDN'T THINK OF WHY IT WAS DIFFERENT AND HE COULDN'T HELP WISHING THAT HE HAD BEEN QUITE SO ANGRY WITH THE SQUIRREL PERHAPS YOU DON'T EAT TOO MANY EGGS HE SAID IN A MILDER TONE
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