9O MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



and set them up among the vines. The supposi- 

 tion was, that the bird would think there was an 

 effort to trap him, that there was a man behind, 

 holding up these garments, and would sing, as he 

 kept at a distance, " You can't catch me with 

 any such double device." The bird would know, 

 or think he knew, that I would not hang up such 

 a scare, in the expectation that it would pass for 

 a man, and deceive a bird ; and he would thr re- 

 fore look for a deeper plot. I expected to out- 

 wit the bird by a duplicity that was simplicity 

 itself. I may have over-calculated the sagacity 

 and reasoning power of the bird. At any rate, I 

 did over-calculate the amount of peas I should 

 gather. 



But my game was only half played. In an- 

 other part of the garden were other peas, grow- 

 ing and blowing. To these I took good care not 

 to attract the attention of the bird by any scare- 

 crow whatever ! I left the old scarecrow con- 



