Show I i I Ii II I i I II I I MR FOX AND MR CROW I Mr Jr Fox Kox knew it was time to plant his hils garden arden but he did not like to work so ISO he sat down before his fire one oe morning to think over all hi his acquaintances acquaintances acquaint acquaint- I ances and see If It he could find one who I 1 could help him He lie thought and thought and after a awhile awhile awhile while Mr Fox Kox smiled He lie had thought of oC someone to do his work ork so he Jumped up and shook himself and put on his hat lIe He went through the woods and across acres the road looking about to be sure Mr Ir Dog and Mr Man Alan were nowhere nowhere nowhere no no- where about and then he crawled d under under under un un- der a rail fence tence and ran to a tree Inthe in inthe inthe the middle of or the J pasture Mr Ir I Fox ox rapped with his cane and soon a voice up ln tn the tree called out wanted anted down there Is Is Mr 11 Crow at home asked Mr t I Fox In his most polite voice voc Xo No he Isn't was the reply reply- and Mrs Crow poked out her head from her upper window Well Vell I guess I wont won't wait alt said Mr lr Fox looking about rather I I would feel more conforta- conforta ble in my own home but you OU might tell Mr Crow that 1 I have a plan to talk over with him So that evening Mrs Irs Crow and ner nor I husband flew over to Mr rr Foxs Fox's out Mrs Irs Crow waited In a nearby tree Dont Don t do a thing until you come back I here and tell me what it is Hell He'll Hellet get et I the best of you John Crow but he wont won't get the best of me me When Mr 11 Crow readied reacted Mr 11 Foxs Fox's I house he was Just finishing his supper Come right in In Mr Crow come right I in In in ho he saidI said I know where there is a nice lot of corn that you and your wife wile can have I without the slightest trouble and I will tell you where it Is if you will do a little work for me said Air 1 Fox I want my garden planted and knowing that you know more mort about planting a garden than anyone else I want you to do it It and then I will I I tell teU you where the tilt corn Is 18 Mr Crow said h he would be pleased I to exchange favors with ith Mr 11 Fox but buthe i he would have ha-e to run home first and look luok at his hili engagement book before ne he j i I could tell Mr Ir Fox o ox Just lust hen he could i plant for him I I So a away wa he flew to the tree where I Mrs Crow was waiting and told ncr her f Mr Foxs Fox's plan j jI I i 1 wouldn't trust him said Mrs i Crow snapping her little eyes nei lie Il i will get Jet his garden planted and then j he will III tell teU you where to find the corn i and when you get there you ou would not find a a. grain But I have thought i of ot a plan Tell Mr Fox that you will willI m j I plant for Cor him tonight and that I will come with you ou to help I I Ill Til fly home and get a basket and I Ifill fill ClIl the bottom of It with little pebbles J Jand and cover er them with grass then we I will go to Mr 1 Fox and have ha him pour I i in the corn we are to plant and we will drop in the pebbles instead of ot the I I corn Mr Crow did Just as his wife told iI i I him and Mr 1111 Fox seeing something I dropped into the ground thought of ot I course It was corn and when the garden garden garden gar gar- I den was planted he told Mr 11 and Mrs I II Fox where they would find a bushel I I basket of corn at Farmer Browns Brown's over the hill I I Mr and Mrs Crow flew over to I Farmer Browns Brown's but no corn corn- did they j I find and Mrs Crow felt very happy I that sly Mr Fox had not tricked her I Mr Fox smiled to himself as he looked at his wen well planted garden the next morning Well VeIl it isn't my fault If someone carried the corn awa away he said But Mr 11 Fox began to get a little uneasy one morning when he saw sawall all his neighbors' neighbors gardens looking green reen and thrifty and not a green blade in his garden so he took a hoe and went Into the garden Of course he found the pebbles in I each row and he knew he had been outwitted It was Mrs Crow who I thought of ot that he sighed Ill 11 pick i out a single fellow next year j I b. b lh the M lue Next 1 pr C I |