Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-09
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
CRAFTY MR.. CROW
nv DADDY

,. ,o,d an election to see
The brds "9l 9,sl or Cap.cap CroT
hethsr, h,, 1hayd Hsygd Wotohman Of B'raians' .,nts,,
sh1ll oe no ..loo,o CROW gets his potoIy,
Crdtty oo blockbifds and Engmsh
the . e,o"'idr idrst IN the Vottng nnt
spo,rJ,r1 out the other o"a ,o,,, 70
stiiy, Dy g e trtos: s:s' e'ase' The siaokbirds 70
rooe for ayi Mid rice, and the sparrovs
frsh y" me line to feast on prd'n '"
~ a brushing yard. ...., .,..
CHAPTER vi
vbsn the Sun Set
,or,ANKETY, clank. ciankl Ine s.n SUI
q" .,,,ost touching the western
IL goes from sight the Votins
hills ,;as. whichever has the moSi NOS,
viii Judge owl or Caw-caw Hy,rS" SroWy, %,n
,U,' NON be Head watshman la an. a The chief Of
tnema "a ne Heron. VINO was tne 'ei
sr,s" sas IN charge Of the votins'
ncer ;" ond Billy crowded forward TO
Pessy he voting was going on. cav
see n9gms,,'a NV nile OF feather votes was
ca" srser. for Caw-caw crows voters
the nrrawded out the other birds tor
hau ISnr time before Billy Ihi-as Md eSS eSS
irihi,.i, iricEie,Ii sparrows into racing away IN
Eneusno =, food, But now only the regu-
searpUIrSiand S birds, with the wild ducks,
Jar Rr,, geese' and flocks Of goldhnches,
WIZ VIA robins were In line. ana all these
m,u m.re voting for Judge owl :.
Inver and lower sank the sun ana
bsse, y, votes, until. as the sun sank to
p,ie p. ri,, yr of the hills. 1t became as large
40 that Of Caw-caw Crow.
o., came the crows. flying as fast
sSsv could They had found the
Ssad Ash. but there were 30 many OF
.ss crows Il had taken them only a few
.nc ..nconds TO tear the fishes to pieces and
sobble them down.
ncaw. cav! Let us In line to vote,
.,vod Caw-caw Grow, trying to crowd
s1, HACK voters into the line Of regular
Brdland birds.
,,ers at the end of the line! doomed
pIue Heron, the officer in charge. and,
wSack! his big stick came down on Cav
rsw Crows back, making him hop.
Whoek! the stick came down on the
nearest crow voter who was trying TO
push into line. and away scurried the
chap In a hurry.
Then back came the blackbirds. There
were so many of them they they had
stripped the wild rice field bare OF what
had been left by the Wild ducks and
wild geese. They tried to squeeze into
ins, but the whacking club of Blue
Heron sent them fluttering to the rear.
Next came the English sparrows. The
thrashlng field hadn't held as much
grain as they had thought II would, and
they had snatched 1t up in almost no
old places in the voting line, Blue
Heron's whacking club forced them away
10 the end, behind tho crows and the
plackbirds -
When the crows and blackblrds and
English sparrows had been at the head
OF the voting line, Caw-caw Crow had
tried to make them 20 slow, so the other
Now he hoped up and down In q
frenzy, trying to get the Birdland birds
10 vote faster and faster.
And the birds did vote fast--they vot-
ed so fast that just before he sun sank
from view Judge owls pile of feather
votes became larger than Caw-caw
Crows.
By this time all the regular Birdland
birds had voted, As, the crows pushed
up In line and began to lay their
feathers on Caw-caw Crows pile, the
sun danced for moment on the rim Of
the hills. then popped out of sight as
though he had gone into a hole.
"Clankety. clank, clank! The sun Is
down and the voting Is over. Judge
he is elected Head watchman Of Bird
and" doomed Blue Heron.
Gree. Cree. Hurran! Hurrah T"
cheered the Birdland birds.
"Aw! Cav - !Cawt No ,fatr I. My
voters didn't get a chance to vote.
There we're too many of Judge Owls
voters In Inc" cawed Caw-caw Crow.
forgetting that he had tried the same
trick himself. But no one paid any at
tention to Caw-caw Crows complain
ings, except to laugh.
As for Judge Owl, he thanked Peggy
and Billy for helping him. then he pufred
out his chest and walked up to Caw-caw
Crow.
I'm Head watchman In Birdland
now he hooted. And we don't want
crows in Birdland after nightfall. II
you are here when 1t gets dark you
know what will happen to you"
Caw-caw Crow knew. and away he
new and so did all the crows and
imacEHrds and English sparrows. leav-
mg Blrdland TO 60 to sleep in peace with
head Watchman Owl on guard.
about Judge Owl.