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pick up within the length of his cord, 

 kept him fairly well. 



At the end of that time the corn was 

 four or five inches high, and the farmer 

 did not fear the crows any more. 



So one morning he untied the cord 

 from the captive's leg, and gave him a 

 toss into the air. 



The crow had been merely winged, 

 and the broken end of the feathers had 

 grown out enough during the month of 

 his captivity, so that he could fly fairly 

 well. 



He made all haste to the woods, where 

 he found the new leader of the clan sitting 

 on his particular hemlock. At the sight 

 of the one who had dispossessed him, a 

 great fury seized the gentleman in black, 

 and he fell upon the would-be leader, 

 beak and claw ; and clawing, pecking and 

 cawing, the two went tumbling down 



