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Show 1st JOHNNIE BLACKBIRD Johnni Blackbird and Jack Sparrow wr not rood frttnda, aa you mfcy ajucaa, for bntir of them war qiiarrvlaotna little fellowa Of courp Johnni. belt.; tha blawat, waa not at all afraid that Jack would harm him, Vnt Jack had waya and man- AND JACK SPARROW. fi? I nra that wry much Jnterfarad with S Johnnie lllarkhtrd'a happlfieaa. 3 If thrt Wfrt any crumhn thrown out L J in tha yard naar her they both Itve4. Jack Bptrrow would wait until Johnnie j fyi waa ready to fly down and gn pome and 1 I Af then he would dart ahead of him aJKl t w aet tho bicHeat crumb. I Hometimt-a he wot. Id fly rlfht In John- r 1 nfe'a face, and ao at-ara him for fear 't'll waa the rat Hunclna; at him that off he j I tS I would fir, while from a tree Jack Hoar- Si row would cm II out, "Fraldy-eat! Krai fly- . rat" and chirp and chatter In tha moat S aKirravatina; manner. I IT 1 One day Johnnie waa watrhfna; the . I Al hena eailna; corn, thinktna; they would vT Soi aitre to leave a fw bite at leaat 4nrf I 2l he would gt them, but Jack Harrow 1 a aaw htm, and JuMt a a' the hena and 1 I t I chtcka mn to another part of the brn-rl?l yard and he expected to have a feet. I j?J what did Jack Kfrrow do but fly riant I sL dawn where Pu could ev Mm, and Aj up aha Jumped and aat watohiiia;. i IaI Johnnie could not a;et the corn. j t "That fellow muat be punished," aald Jnhrnle to hlmaelf. "I'll have a change r l eomeday. f know, and when I do be will jP-l le taught a leaaon ha will not aoon fnr-l?5l art." 1 s Hoon after that Johnnie Blackbird waa ! 1 J aittlnr In a tree In the field where the ) cora waa planted, when alone; came Jack 1 x I H narrow and. perched on tha limb beaide'lAI him. j yj Sow. Johnnie aaw tha farmer with hie 1 J . Kim aiandina: In the cornfield and he lar I knew he waa on tha lookout for him or 1 I a I Xlr. Crow. . j 121 Johnnie blinked hi eyee a minute end ; j.? 1 then he aatd to Jack Hparrow: "I aup-pkae aup-pkae you are afraid of that scarecrow etandine; over In the cornfield? afoot Xi bide are. IY "I am not afraid of anything, enanped Jack Hparrow. "Want to aee me fly at r 1 him and ait on hia hat?" I 151 "I do nt believe you dare do that,"' Si raid Johnnie. "All bird are afraid when s th" wil.d ewlna; Old Hcarecrow 'a coa t I J sleeve, and It dvea look a If he were ; alive. I am never euro myaelf." !T1 "oh, who's afraid of an old scarecrow I A J V with empty aleevea?" aatd Jack, with ! v flirt of his tall and a tosa of hia bead, t JlL "I'll aoon abow you bow brave 1 am. far 1 Watch me." I 5 I Off be flew, while Johnnie Black Mrd 11 watched with aparkllnc eyea. fttralaht j ?! toward the farmer Tew Jack Sparrow and -tiarhted on a tall cornstalk. ftJf The farmer aaw him and up went his L'ali run -. "Banar banr'. tt sounded, and while the shot did not hit lucky Jack Hpa-row, it whiaced clnee to hia little head, and off he fw like the wind, while Johnnie Blackbird flew after him. eaillrujtout In hia sharp voice: "Who ll a fraldy-cat now TTb Va'' |