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