| Show b ss BET TS iti cd Dla ky tI the tho Crow He Respects the ll W TO W BURGESS Thus Is a reputation made And of ot a 0 scarecrow were we're afraid Danny Danny Meadow Mouse blouse Th The old scarecrow row in Farmer Brown s 5 cornfield had been put there re by It barmer armer Browns Brown's Boy just after arter tb th corn had been planted It had licen n put there thero to keep Blacky the ln Crow and and his friends from pulling up the young YO corn nhen hen It sprouted sprouted It had hacK kept some of or the tho younger Crows aWIL away but not Blacks Black Blacky knew all about scarecrows At I least ast he thought he did lie He used to think It a great JIt joke to sit alt on that scare scare- scarecrow scarecrow cro crow and caw caw and caw cay and caw All summer Blacky had hall b been en In inthe Inthe the habit of on that old scarecrow e esery ery la io It was Ws a 11 er r convenient place to toI I jest est an anI I n at t the same time look 0 oser er the cornfield and th tim Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows It was WIlS a as harmless as asa asa a 11 fence tence post Sometimes just for fun Blacky would peck at the old hat on the top of ot it Blacky had ben b en there times since e Danny and and Nanny Meadow Mouse blouse had made their home In the old oM scarecrow but lie lieh h hadn't discovered them You see ee they hid kept k pt quiet In their home in the tho middle of ot the bundle ot of stran stra with which the old coat was stuffed Even Ev n Blacky's lacky's sharp e C CeS es couldn't B see eo O In ther there But lint Black k s q made them ners nen ous They feared that sooner or later he ho would catch eight tight of at hed th them m and they knew kne that thai If It he d did 1 he would ne ver ne-ver er gh gl e s them an any peace Blacky has a fondness for fora fora fora a Meadow Mouse Jouse dinner now and then I I dont don't know whit we ne can do about it said Banns talking It Ito cr o er with Nanny anny I I well we II just Juat hose haie to keep in for Black Blacki and get Iet out ot of sight every very time he ho comeS comeal this aa a I dont suppose any home could b br be perfect It If It wasn't for Blacky lacky B s visits thi this one he ht I wish we no could do something about It It but we cant can't No o said Mid Nanny wo n 1 e a cant can't I Iam IeTa eTa am afraid that sooner gooner or later Dla Blacky ky will find us u out It Sn was as the cry sery next n morning thit th Blacky took It Into hi his hud head to visit the old scarecrow again It I I gt i Then lie he begun beFall io to walk bad back bat and forth along the ho arm arni of ot that old Clr I just happened that Danny was up In one e and ho he didn t see ace coming The first he knew ot of It U Blacky had alighted on that sery cry arm arm of ot of the tho old scarecrow and begun to caw cow as was nas hi his wa way Cast Ca caw ca caw ea caw eisa cried Black Then he began to alk back and forth along the arm of at that old scarecrow I INow Now If ir Blacki had sat still or It if orif ho he had alighted on any other part of ot that scarecrow what nhat bat dId happen wouldn't hose ha happened But In walking along Blacky stepped topped on Danny s a tall tail He lie didn t know It b because cause ion ou know Danny JJ In Inside that thit sleeve Danny Dann I didn't stop to think He t tIsted Isted around and he bit Blacky's foot right rl through that old sleeve Blacky cut a caw cast short right In I teh teb middle and ended It in a shriek My my how he did flap I hIs black wings Ings He lie couldn't got getaway away from that scarecrow soon enough Of at course he ho didn't knowl know what had happened Ho Ito thou thought ht the had bad done It lie He told all the other Crows and from that day on Blacky and none of oC otho this the other Crows would come near that scarecrow I So It was nag that after all aU Danny and Nanny anny Meadow Mouse had a perfect home Cop right 1923 1123 b T W V Burgess Buress I esla The fhe next Nanny st story Nanny brakes ak esl a Fumy Mistake |
