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Show dead, if you don't do somethiaf for mo!" Well, whea tha still of nlrht cam on tha scarecrow St Be .try Hill cried mora shrilly than be furs aad everybody Inslda tha bouse grew tired of tha aolsa. "Tha care Is worse than any danger!" declared Mother Baggy, aba rose from bad, dashed aa acora capful of water over ths "la tha weeds!" This talk was heard by some of the Peanut people of Bagrr Hill and Cappy Acorn got a brilliant idea. "La as," said be. "bring tha scarecrow to Baggy Hill. It will do a lot of good when atiemles coma prowling about" So tt eama to paps that tha thing was moved and tt kept op a constant clatter, but Ita words could not be readily understood, a "Are yon a real honest aad truly Baggy Hill's Bogy Man Bgms tumble bugs paused at Baggy Hill taonse to rest and chat with the Kunny Folks there, leaving, of course, tba mud balls that they ware rolling la tha yard. Whan they started again oa their queer Journey tha tumble bugs found that they had one extra ball and could sot account tor it "It's ours, so wa shall have to take It," ona bug remarked, pushing two of tha smooth round mud balls away with hla bind feet When the bugs were gone It waa found that Hasel Nut was missing and Mother Moth-er Baggy remarked that It looked suspicious. In view of tha fact that tha bogs claimed to bare one extra ball. "Nonsense!" cried Father Baggy. "How could tha bags have taken Hazel with them?" queer talking bogy man and. remarking re-marking that aha hoped tba aoise would cease, rctur-ned to bed. "Do It 'again I'm partly out!" cried tha voice from tha object and wbaa Mother ' Baggy peered oaf of a window aha aaw something some-thing that resembled aa arm wiggling wig-gling la tha faoe of tha pcare-crow, pcare-crow, right where tha nope ought to be, Tba bogy man kept np this wiggling of Ita queer noee until It succeeded In reach lag far enough lo pound oa tha window and then tha whole household were called to tha door to look upon the queer sight of tha thing using Its noee to pound with. "Ml give you another bath and then perhaps you will show Us your tongue!" Mother Baggy cried, dashing mora water over the scarecrow. Sara enough, 'another wiggling thing appeared below tha nose and thwa with Ita tongue alqo tha bogy rattled at tha window. "I'll douse you good ana plenty!" growled Father Baggy, and whea he did so Mr. Bogy Man-Scare crow's head crambled and Misa Hazel Nut fell to the ground and promptly fainted. She had been outdoors taking a mod bath for bar complexion during tba afternoon, after-noon, bad fallen asleep and aa the sua was hot tba mud dried over Hazel's body aad the tumble bugs rolled her away with their other belongings. Tha "noee" and "tongue" of tba bogy man were Hazel Nnt'a anna which tha softened soft-ened mod allowed to break out Aad there yoa are! WeU. later tha hogs war frightened fright-ened half out of their wlta by bearing a squeaky voice calling tor help. They finally located the noise as coming from ona of the balls and promptly left tha thing, believing It bewitched, hurrying on their Journey. It happened that a crow found snd heard tha ball making a aolsa, picked It up and finally stack It oa tha top of a weed where, to tha black bird's astonishment scolded aad fussed, aaklag to be freed. "As yoa talk, although I doal know how you do it" said Mr. Crow. "I'll make you look like somebody.'' Then the crow stack two red seeds of the rose into tha ball to do for eyes, hung soma fuzz, from a milk-week pod below tt to resemblo a dresa . and. cawing caw-ing lustily at what bo did. flitted oa. "Scarecrow la tha weeds!" cawed Mr. Crow to anybody who won Id listen. "Yoa mean la tha field aad know It!" other crows answered. "Sears raw la tha tareeda." bogy?" Old' Hickory Nut Inquired of tha object touching ona of its eyes with, the tip of hi crutch. "Can Toi aceT "I sat Ihor dead than alive and cannot see 'at all!" cama tha answer an-swer rather plainly to Old Hickory, for ha held hla ears close to It "Who are your Old Hickory next demanded and tha thing answered, an-swered, "1 seem to be nobody, the way I am treated. I will soon be |