FARMER GILES
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Farmer Giles looked worriedly from the pink-curtained- windows of the farmhouse across the vast stretch of land which he owned. Late that evening somo ugly, loug-necked birds had been seen by one of the farm hands eating the corn. Giles's usually bright face was set grimly now, and a deep frown was on his forehead. ""Well, Maggie," he said, "I shall have to set the nets in the field; that's all I can possibly do. A scarecrow is of do use." He rose from his chair, and selecting two good strong nets he walked briskly off into the field. Next morning, very early, the farmer awoke with a great yawn. He smiled triumphantly at the noises which came from the fields. The sounds „ quite overcame the babbling of the little brook. A gasp of surprise left the farmer's lips, for amongst a number of. ugly cranes stood a stork! On hearing that they were to be punished, the stork protested. "Oh, let me go, please," ho begged. "I never did anything, but came to see what all the noise was about," "You shall be punished like the rest," said the farmor. .So the stork was punished with the ernnes, and needless to say, he never entered Fanner Giles's fields again. "LADY JANE" (12). Citjr. - -
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1932, Page 16
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217FARMER GILES Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1932, Page 16
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