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young lieutenant climbed down from the cockpit of 

 the ship, Farmer Good greeted him. 



"Hello, Bob! When did you get the new ship?" 



"This is a new model Chanute Field is trying out, 

 Mr. Good. Look her over; isn't she a beauty?" an- 

 swered the officer. 



"Say, Bob, where have you been? Whose field 

 did you just fly out of?" asked Farmer Good. 



"Why, I stopped for a few minutes in a field on 

 Farmer Careless's farm." 



"I thought so. Look! Here is one of his pets," 

 said Farmer Good, as he unhooked the cockle burr 

 from the landing gear. "This is a new way for these 

 fellows to travel. I knew they took advantage of 

 everything that moved in order to get into new loca- 

 tions, but I never heard of their traveling by air- 

 plane before. I'll take care of this fellow all right 

 and see that he does no damage on this farm." 



The cockle burr that Reddy Fox pulled off and left 

 in Farmer Jones's winter wheat field grew the next 

 year, but was plowed under early before it had time 

 to mature, as Farmer Jones knew what to do with 

 them. 



The burrs that Reddy pulled out of his tail in 

 Farmer Good's clover field were plowed under in the 



