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self. When it had been completed the 

 gentleman in black flew away and told 

 the clan, and there was a great rejoicing 

 in the deep woods, the noise of which 

 could have been heard for a quarter of a 

 mile. 



The following day the crow saw the 

 farmer do some very queer things, which 

 he did not quite understand. 



He had brought a lot of small poles in 

 the wagon, and these he stuck in the 

 ground at regular intervals along the 

 edge of the field. When the poles were 

 all planted, he fastened string from one 

 to another until the field was entirely 

 fenced with string. 



•* O, ho," chuckled the crow. " Does 

 he think it will keep us out ? We can 

 fly either over or under it, just as though 

 nothing were there.'' But it looked quite 

 queer to see a field fenced off with string 



