But as Tommy Smith said this, there was a rustle and a clapping of wings, and the father woodpigeon was gone.
It didn’t seem quite delicate to talk to a woodpigeon about eating a fowl.
You never can do that,” said the woodpigeon in an alarmed tone of voice; “for you would have to kill me first, and that would be a most shocking thing to do.
The mother woodpigeon will be on her nest for another hour or two,” said the squirrel, “so you will have time to talk to her and to me too.
By the bye, on what tree did you say the woodpigeon was sitting?
It is nicer than anything else in the whole world,” the woodpigeon answered.
SO Tommy Smith went home to his lessons, and when he had finished them, he put on his hat and came out again, and began to walk through the woods to where the mother woodpigeon was waiting for him on her nest.
Tommy Smith thought that he wouldn’t think it a joke to have to eat stones, and he could hardly believe that thewoodpigeon was speaking the truth.
So the woodpigeon gave a gentle coo, and began to tell him all about it.
Tommy Smith thought that it was not every little boy who could have a talk with a woodpigeon either.
The strip of blue sky visible above was wider than the path, because the trees sloped away somewhat, their branches shortening towards the top; still it was so contracted that a passing woodpigeon was seen but for a second as he went over.
The woodpigeon is one of the freest of birds to all appearance: he passes over the highest trees and goes straight away for miles.
Long before she was half through, however, the flighty Woodpigeon sang out, 'That'll doooo!
Now the Woodpigeon was young and flighty, and had never learnt how to build a nest; but when she saw how beautifully neat that of the Magpie looked, she thought she would like to learn the art.
The Magpie was offended at the interruption, and flew away in dudgeon, and that's why the Woodpigeon always builds such ramshackle nests.
Let me gather them and make you a drink such as may restore you to health; or shall I run down the young leveret or snare the tender woodpigeon to procure you delicate eating?
We shot about half a dozen rabbits, two more hares, and a woodpigeon afterwards; but all these were nothing compared with the woodcock.
But a woodpigeon nearly thirty yards distant was another matter; for the old folk (and the birdkeepers too) said that their quills were so hard the shot would glance aside unless it came with great force.
It is this attitude of the farmer which makes the woodpigeon pre-eminently the bird of February.
Seeing what hearty meals the woodpigeon makes, it is not surprising that it should sometimes throw up pellets of undigested material.
It is no uncommon experience to see the crop of a woodpigeon that is brought down from a great height burst, on reaching the earth, with a report like that of a pistol, and scatter its undigested contents broadcast.
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