ADVENTURES OF A KERNEL OF CORN 39 



little stalks frantically waved their arms and soon 

 became terribly excited. All the time the big vil- 

 lainous looking Cut Worm being unable to locate 

 anything to eat during the night, had now become 

 desperate and even the beautiful sunlight of this 

 glorious morning had failed to make him hunt 

 cover, so he was making his way slowly but surely 

 toward the three young and tender plants. As he 

 neared them he became more determined and they 

 became more hysterical and desperate, shrieking 

 with terror. Then suddenly Bob White's friend, 

 Prairie Chicken, who was strutting on an adjoining 

 hill, heard the disturbance, and swooped down with 

 a great noise and rush of wings, just in time, as the 

 big cut worm was opening his mouth to cut one of 

 the young plants down. 



However, Prairie Chicken made short work of him, 

 then strutted around with his big yellow wind bags 

 on his neck blown up nearly to bursting point, and 

 his two long black feathers standing out behind like 

 horns. Then he kicked up a lot of dust with his 

 feet and made a nice wallow in the warm soil into 

 which he settled himself to enjoy a dust bath. He 

 was such a big fellow that the little stalk was afraid, 

 but being so grateful for what he had done, he ven- 

 tured to open the conversation. 



