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he stole anything of real value, the loser would know 

 where to look for it. 



James was very greedy from the time he was a 

 young bird, and it was a fault he never got over. 

 His dinner hour was a time when all dignity was 

 cast aside. 



As soon as he saw anyone coming with a dish of 

 food he would hurry forward with outspread wings 

 and loud cries. Stopping in front of the person, 

 he would fairly dance up and down in his eagerness, 

 cawing all the time. 



As each piece 

 of meat was 

 thrown to him 

 he would gulp it 

 down with a ^""^^^ """^ """ stovepipe 



choked caw, and then dance and shriek again with 

 open beak. 



When the last morsel had been given him, and 

 he had made sure of the fact that there was no 

 more, he would fold his wings sedately. With his 

 usual dignity he would walk away to some quiet 

 spot. There he would disgorge the hastily swal- 

 lowed meat and eat it again at his leisure. 



One time the boys teased James by putting some 



PylcV I-Iumblc Friends.— 5. 



