Show TIME SLEEPY TALES k f THE TALE OF THE COW J J j BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY II I iID 1 J itS Ls I THE FRIENDLY SCARECROW I Old l Mr lr r Crow row and all his cronies made I run fun of the scarecrow in the co cornfield i They said that he was a great joke He He doesn't know an anything they used to chuckle chuckles His head ha has nothing bU but straw inside it i The Cow had often oCten heard the noisy crows laughing about the limp gentleman gentleman gen gen- geni i who hung on a long upright stick beyond the pasture fence She had paid i little heed to to him herself until one day I she took a notion to jump the fence and taste th the 1 young ung snoots snoots' of ot corn For they certainly did look tempting I Being Heinl generally a well-mannered well creature creature cre cre- cre- cre i the Cow thought it only I polite to speak to the scarecrow So ISO 0 she I lowed gently to attract his attention And when he ie swung around as he presently did and faced her she bowed and said sald i 1 hope you wont won't mind if IC I 1 I sample the corn No one could have been more courteous than the th scarecrow TO be sure he said nothing Hut But he waved an arm as the breeze caught it in a wide sweep Surely the Muey Cow thought he means that Im I'm to take all I 1 want After Alter thanking him she helped herself freely to the young corn Indeed she was vas almost greedy about It Only the fact that the tho scarecrow seemed to throw a look at at her now and th then n kept her from eating more Somehow Somehow she she couldn't forget that he acted very gentlemanly though his clothes were tattered and torn And she felt that she must do nothing I to offend him The c corn Is as good 0 as ed ede t any l ive i've ve e ever ta tasted the she i assured 8 e him I The scarecrow showed that he must mustI have heard her for he gave a sort of nod And he tried his Ills best to touch his hat I But hut the wind wasn't blowing quite hard enough h to let him bim do that Poor ioor fellow tellow the Cow thought He lie hasn't the entire use o of his arms i Od odd Then h the the s went through Jo some motions S First i he kicked 1 backward k a 31 with one leg then he kicked forward with the other and ana after that he whirled three I I times s around und the stake that supported I him Now what can be mean nean by that the I Iule Cow wo wondered And then all at know once she gave ave i h. h silly sort of ot giggle I she exclaimed lie wants me m I to dance with him For a moment the duley Cow I that she was the oldest cow on the forgot farm She tossed her head flirted her her- heels heets IIi in the all air and cut d it few clumsy capers around the scarecrow who did his best to dance a only jig the wind died down own completely m just as ho he was in ln tho the middle of or It U. And he hung from his pole in ln such a fashion that the Cow began to feel uneasy about him I Youle Youie ou ie not ill I hope she ventured j as she stopped her prancing I c lIe He He paid not the slightest heed to her I So with her nose the Cow touched him where a knew would have been had he had any The The- Cow was alarmed But she didn't t linger to find out what was the matter with the scarecrow She heard shouting And she heard old dog Spot barking And knowing at once that Farmer Green had caught her in the cornfield she turned and fled as fast as she could KO JO wron wrong with that scare scare- crow row she muttered to herself as she lumbered lumbered lum lum- along toward the barnyard Hes lies Hesso so kind and gentlemanly he would surely lum-I lum have warn warned d me If he had been able to He would have let me know that Farmer Green was coming Copyright by Metropolitan Newspaper r aver Service 1922 Tomorrow The Cow Lets Johnny Green Know That She She- Is Not a Buffalo BuCalo |