Chapter XI

The first day Jack went to school in the fall, [Jimmy Crow] was very lonesome. The [school] was near by, and about noon he flew over and hopped in at the open [window].

All the [children] were bending over their [desks], writing, but Jimmy knew Jack's [back] as well as his [front], and lighted on his [head]. The children laughed at that, and the [teacher] laughed too. Then she said, "If Jimmy Crow does not disturb anyone, he may stay, as it is nearly noon." The children promised not to be disturbed, and the [pencils] went to work again. [Jimmy Crow] behaved beautifully, though at first he tried to walk on Jack's [paper] and to bite his pencil. Jack pushed him away, and he flew to the teacher's [desk] where he walked about quietly, looking at the [books] and [vase] of [flowers]. When the lesson was finished, the teacher said, "Jack may collect the [pencils]." He got the [pencil box] and began, but Jimmy flew ahead of him, and picked up a pencil. Jack took it, and put it in the box. Then [Jimmy Crow] brought another. The [children] were delighted. They held their pencils in their [outstretched hands], and Jimmy Crow collected them all.

Then the [bell] rang and the children marched out for [hats] [bows] and [jackets]. When they came back, Jimmy Crow was gone! [Jack] looked under the [desks] and in the [waste-basket]. Then the [teacher] looked in her closet, and there he sat on a [clothes-hook]. He had found her lunch-[basket], and eaten a whole [bunch of grapes]. Jack was very sorry, but the teacher only laughed.

That afternoon Jimmy did not go to school, but [Jack] brought her a big red [apple] and said it was from [Jimmy Crow]. [Edith Francis Foster]

[NUTTING.]

JIMMY CROW.