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Title: The Tale of Jasper Jay
Tuck-Me-In Tales

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

Release Date: June 15, 2007 [EBook #21836]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Jasper, Like Frisky Squirrel, Was Fond of Nuts
_Frontispiece_--(_Page 4_)]

_TUCK-ME-IN TALES_

THE TALE OF
JASPER JAY

BY
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1917, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A NOISY ROGUE 1
II A BLOW FOR THE BULLY 6
III THE STRANGE CRY 12
IV JASPER'S BOAST 17
V THE SEARCH 24
VI A JOKE ON JASPER JAY 29
VII SCARING THE HENS 34
VIII A BIT OF MISCHIEF 39
IX JASPER HAS TO HIDE 45
X THE NUTTING PARTY 51
XI A STROKE OF LUCK 57
XII SOLOMON OWL'S EYES 62
XIII TEASING A SINGER 68
XIV FINDING A WAY 73
XV THE INVITATION 78
XVI THE SINGING SOCIETY 83
XVII JASPER IS ASHAMED 88
XVIII ENEMIES 94
XIX COLD FEET 99
XX GETTING RID OF JASPER 104
XXI TWO RASCALS CAUGHT 109

THE TALE OF JASPER JAY

I

A NOISY ROGUE

Some of the feathered folk in Pleasant Valley said that old Mr. Crow was
the noisiest person in the neighborhood. But they must have forgotten
all about Mr. Crow's knavish cousin, Jasper Jay. And it was not only in
summer, either, that Jasper's shrieks and laughter woke the echoes.
Since it was his