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Title: The Tale of Old Mr. Crow

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

Release Date: December 21, 2004 [eBook #14402]

Language: English

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Tuck-me-in Tales

THE TALE OF OLD MR. CROW

by

ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

Author of "Sleepy-Time Tales"

1917

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE OUTLAW

II SOMETHING LOST

III THE GIANT SCARECROW

IV CAUGHT NAPPING

V A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT

VI MR. CROW IN TROUBLE

VII MR. CROW'S BAD MEMORY

VIII THE NEW UMBRELLA

IX CAUGHT IN THE RAIN

X A QUEER TOADSTOOL

XI MR. CROW'S PLAN

XII A RACE WITH THE TRAIN

XIII THE GAME OF CHECKERS

XIV THE LUCKY LAUGH

XV MR. CROW'S NEW COAT

XVI A TIGHT FIT

XVII THE STRANGE BUTTONS

XVIII AN UNLUCKY NUMBER

XIX THE SHOE-STORE

XX OLD SHOES FOR NEW

XXI THE CROW CAUCUS

XXII THE TEST

XXIII THE WHITE FLAG

I

THE OUTLAW

A good many of the forest-people claimed that old Mr. Crow was an
outlaw. They said he was always roving about, robbing Farmer Green of
his corn and his chickens, and digging up the potatoes when they shot
their sprouts above the surface of the potato-patch. And everybody was
aware that the old gentleman stole eggs from the nests of his smaller
neighbors. It was even whispered that Mr. Crow had been known to devour
baby robins.

But perhaps some of the things said of him were not true. Though if he
really was an outlaw he seemed to enjoy being one. He usually laughed
whenever Johnnie Green or his father tried to catch him, or when they
attempted to frighten him. And on the whole he was quite the boldest,
noisiest, and most impertinent of all the creatures that lived in
Pleasant Valley.

His house stood in a tall elm, not too far from the cornfield. And those
that dwelt near him never could complain that t