and all was peaceful until John Silver spied a crow in a neigh- 

 boring lot. At sight, John employed his bilingual talent to heap 

 scorn and abuse on the crow. Out-classed, the crow summoned 

 assistance. Soon the field resounded with the blasts of the crow 

 chorus, and the commotion did not subside till John Silver's 

 mistress came out to investigate. 



Thus John's personal differences with the mob won him an 

 audition as a crow caller, a trial that turned out so favorably 

 that his master used him as a decoy by placing the parrot cage 

 in strategic crow territory. John's fervor increased with each 

 shot. He shook his cage in his rage, hurling invectives as the 

 crows stormed about him. Finally, after four seasons of raging, 

 John Silver was seized with a fit and perished from the earth. 



Some birds charm with their plumage, others with their song. 

 The crow, however, is typed as the pariah of the bird kingdom. 

 Nevertheless he lives a full life on a full stomach. He's a wise 

 guy and he has a lot of fun. 



