Jimmy Crow   By: Edith Francis Foster

JIMMY CROW

By Edith Francis Foster Published by Dana Estes & Co.

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JIMMY CROW By EDITH FRANCIS FOSTER

Oblong quarto. Bound in cloth with separate cover design for each volume

DANA ESTES & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS Estes Press, Summer Street, Boston

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JIMMY CROW

BY EDITH FRANCIS FOSTER

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BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1899 1900 BY S. E. CASINO COMPANY

Copyright, April, 1902 BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

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JIMMY CROW

Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

[TO DAVID]

CONTENTS

[CONTENTS.]

FRONTISPIECE

CONTENTS

DEDICATION

HOW JACK FOUND JIMMY CROW 9

THE CHRISTMAS CANDLES 15

AFTER THE SNOW STORM 21

"THE ROSE IS RED" 27

DROPPING STITCHES 33

APRIL FOOL 39

JACK'S CIRCUS MONEY 45

JIMMY'S CIRCUS 51

A WHOLE BUNCH OF CRACKERS 57

JIMMY CROW'S BIRTHDAY PARTY 63

IN SCHOOL 69

NUTTING 75

ENDPIECE

[HOW JACK FOUND JIMMY CROW.]

JIMMY CROW.

I.

Jimmy Crow belongs to Jack.

Jack is a little [boy]. Jimmy is a big [crow]. Jack wears a white [suit]. Jimmy wears black [feathers]. Jack says "Good Morning," and "Yes, sir," and "Thank you." Jimmy can say only "Caw, caw." Jack thinks Jimmy is a funnier pet than a [cat] or a [dog].

One day, last summer, Jack was picking low [berries] in the pasture, when he saw a young [crow] hopping in the bushes. The little crow was lame in one [leg]. He had fallen from the [nest]. He was too young to fly far, so [Jack] caught him. He carried him home in his berry [basket]. Then Jack took a [hammer] and [nails] and [wood] and built a [cage]. He named his new pet "Jimmy Crow."

Jack took good care of Jimmy Crow. He caught [crickets] for him to eat, and gave him fresh water in a tin [cup]. Jimmy's lame leg soon got well. His [wings] grew big, and he could fly. When Jack called, Jimmy would fly to him and perch on his [hand] or [head].

Jimmy Crow liked mischief. He liked to hide things and see people hunt for them. Once when Jack was getting ready for school, he could not find his [top]. He hunted till Mama said he must put on his rubber [boots] and be off. One of those boots would not go on. There was something in the toe. [Jack] held it up and shook it, and out fell the top! [Jimmy Crow] flapped his [wings] and cried "Caw, caw!" That was his way of laughing. Jack laughed too, as he took his [books] and [hat] and hurried off. [Edith Francis Foster]

[THE CHRISTMAS CANDLES]

JIMMY CROW.

II.

Grandma lives at Jack's [house]. She has a bird, too. Grandma's bird is a green [parrot]. The parrot's name is "Pepper." [Jack] loves [Grandma], but Jack's crow does not love Grandma's parrot.

Pepper can talk like a [man], mew like a [cat], bark like a [dog]. She can cry and laugh. When Jimmy says "Caw, caw!" Pepper says "C a w, c a w!" and then laughs. [Jimmy crow] doesn't like to be laughed at. Once he flew at Pepper, and pushed her off her [perch]. But Pepper scratched him with her [talons] and pulled out a tail feather with her [beak]. Now Jimmy keeps away from her, unless he wants to steal her [crackers].