SOME MISCHIEF-MAKERS 185 
The Crow is rather shy, 
With a very watchful eye 
For danger coming nigh, 
And any one 
Who bears a gun 
He’s pretty sure to spy. 
The clever farmer’s plan 
Is to make a sort of ban, 
By stuffing clothes with bran, 
Topped with a tile 
Of ancient style, 
— A funny old scarecrow man. 
The Crow looks on with scorn, 
And early in the morn 
Pulls up the farmer’s corn: 
He laughs at that, 
The queer old hat, 
Of the scarecrow man forlorn. 
— GARRETT NEWEIRK, in Bird-Lore. 
