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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." 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
ut himself first, and then asked him some questions afterwards, for, just then, he didn’t quite know what questions to ask. But, of course, he had to say something, or it would have seemed rude, so he began with, “Please, Mr. Peewit, will you tell me why you say ‘pee-weet’ so often?” “Why shouldn’t I say it?” said the peewit. “It is my song, and I think it is a very good one too.” “But I don’t call it a song at all,” said Tommy Smith. “_Don’t_ you?” said the peewit. “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 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.  WOULD RATHER HAVE LISTENED TO WHAT THE PEA WOULD HAD TO TELL HIM ABOUT HIMSELF FIRST AND THEN ASKED HIM SOME QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS FOR JUST THEN HE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK BUT OF COURSE HE HAD TO SAY SOMETHING OR IT WOULD HAVE SEEMED RUDE SO HE BEGAN WITH PLEASE MISTER PEWIT WILL YOU TELL ME WHY YOU SAY PEWIT SO OFTEN WHY SHOULDN'T I SAY IT SAID THE PEWIT IT IS MY SONG AND I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD ONE TO BUT I DON'T CALL IT A SONG AT ALL SAID TOMMY SMITH DON'T YOU 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
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