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Show Evening Story for the Children j : By MARY GRAHAM BONNER S Whenever Mr. Crow was feeling sad and mournful, as he sometimes felt, Mrs. Crow always treated him as though he were a child crow Instead of a grownup Mr. Crow. "They still put the scarecrows In their fields; they still do," he said. "You mean those creatures made out of sticks and things which are dressed up like men with guns, eh?" asked Mrs. Crow. "Yes. they are called scarecrows," said Mr. Crow. "They are put in the fields to scare away the crows, and that is why they have such a name you see scarecrows, or let us scare the crows." "It's foolish of them," said Mrs. Crow. "We may not be perfect but we have our good points." "Yes," said Mr. Crow, "we have. It Is true that we do steal the grain and corn. "We love corn all crows do. "And many of us are thieves in "Yes," Agreed Mrs. Crow. ' fact, most of us are thieves, I believe. "But we must eat and we must live, and If we can't go to the markets and put down pennies, and nickels, and dimes, and quarters for our food, we Just have to take it as we can. "We can't shop as people can. We have -no money, no pocketbooks, no bank accounts at our disposal. "The squirrels have savings banks where they save nuts as children do their pennies. "But we are without all these things. Nor can ws grow food as the farmer can do. "So It makes me sad to hear myself complained of all the time. As you have said, we have our good points. "Although I will admit that our family fam-ily does steal and that we do rob the farmer of some goodies still the harm we do doesn't half come up to the good we do. "We eat grubs and different kinds of worms which would destroy the corn, and we really save the crops for the farmer many, many, times." "i'es," agreed Mrs. Crow, "what you say Is true. And I do wish you would take some comfort knowing that you have good points. "And, too, you are such a good mate, and so kind to the children, that I think everything of you." "Caw, caw," said Mr. Crow. "That Is Indeed pleasant to hear. Caw, caw, I think that is fine." So Mrs. Crow comforted him a great deal, and they spent a lovely afternoon after-noon talking about their good points. It was a fine subject and they enjoyed en-joyed It Immensely. And I can understand under-stand that, can't you? ((c). 1931, Western Newspaper Union.) |