Sleepy-Time Tales: the Tale of Fatty Coon by Arthur Scott Bailey
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That very afternoon Fatty Coon heard some very pleasant news. It was
Jasper Jay who told him. Jasper Jay was a very noisy blue jay who lived in the neighborhood. He did not go south with most of the other birds when the cold weather came. He liked the winter and he was forever tearing about the woods, squalling and scolding at everybody. He was a very noisy fellow. Well! when Fatty and his mother had reached home after their hunt, Fatty stayed out of doors. He climbed to the top of a tall pine tree nearby and stretched himself along a limb, to enjoy the sunshine, which felt very good upon his broad back. It was there that Jasper Jay found him and told him the pleasant news. And Fatty was very glad to hear the news, because he was still hungry. This is what Jasper Jay told Fatty: he told him that Farmer Green had as many as forty fat turkeys, which roosted every night in a spreading oak in Farmer Green's front yard. "If I liked turkeys I would certainly go down there some night and get one," said Jasper Jay. XII FORTY FAT TURKEYS |
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