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to their hungry friends outside. Could men be 
more unselfish ? 
There is no end to the funny pranks that are 
told of crows who have been tamed and lived 
with people. One that I heard of liked to get 
out in the yard when clothes from the wash were 
hung out. He would walk along on the clothes- 
line and pull out every clothespin, carrying each 
one to the roof and laying it safely away. Of 
course this let the wet garments fall in the dirt, 
and he was scolded well for his mischief. Then 
he would fly up to the roof and throw every pin 
down to the ground, as if he said, “ Well, take 
your old clothespins!”’ 
Another tame crow was very fond of pulling 
over a work-basket, and scattering the spools and 
thimbles and other things in it. One day he got 
hold of a paper of needles. This he opened, and 
then went on to hide them, which crows always 
hke to do with everything. He took each needle 
and pushed it into the bed, as if it were a cushion, 
and hammered each one in out of sight. 
I hope you know the Buur Jay. He is a 
beautiful bird in different shades of blue, set off 
with white and black, and with a fine crest. His 
mate is the same. This is the jay we know in 
the East and South. 
