Fortunately, however, birds ...

Fortunately, however, birds don\'t understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis\'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn\'t he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?
Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?
 Aldous Huxley

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