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and muttered, half angrily, when he saw 

 the crow : 



" You old rascal, I will bet a dollar 

 you are watching me, merely to spy out 

 where I plant my corn, that you may 

 pull it. But have a care, I shall not let 

 you off as easily this year, as I did last. 

 If a scarecrow does not frighten you, I 

 will see what virtue there is in a shotgun/' 



The old crow had been so intent on 

 watching the farmer that he did not 

 notice a very insignificant bird, who was 

 perched on a scrub apple-tree in the field 

 near by. Presently the little stranger set 

 up a great chatter, and started for the 

 hemlock where the crow was sitting. 

 Now to fly away from a bird so much 

 smaller than one's self was most cowardly, 

 so the crow hitched about uneasily on 

 his perch, but stayed where he was. 



This just suited the chattering little 



