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JIMMY CROW By
Edith Francis Foster
Published by
Dana Estes & Co. [Illustration]
UNIQUE AND INSTRUCTIVE BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Charming tales told in rebus form for wee men and women WHAT DID THE BLACK CAT DO? GUESS!
By MARGARET JOHNSON WHERE WAS THE LITTLE WHITE DOG?
By MARGARET JOHNSON 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 [Illustration]
JIMMY CROW BY EDITH FRANCIS FOSTER
[Illustration] BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1899 1900
BY S. E. CASINO COMPANY Copyright, April, 1902
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY All rights reserved 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]. On Christmas Eve [children] came to Jack's Tree. Mama had trimmed it
with [popcorn] and [candles], and hung [presents] everywhere. When she
went with a [match] to light the candles, they were gone! "Where are
the candles?" cried [Mama]. "Somebody has carried them off, and I
can't light the [Christmas tree]... Continue reading book >>
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