Chapter III

Just after Christmas there was a great [snow] storm. The drifts were higher than the [fence]. When it cleared off, [Jack] put on [his cap] and reefer, [mittens] and rubber boots, and went out. [Jimmy Crow] went with him. First, Jack took [shovel] and [broom] and made a wide clean path to the [gate]. This was "working for Mama." Jack likes to work for Papa and Mama. Then [friends] came to play with him, and they had a fine frolic. They rolled big [snowballs], and built a [snowman]. They put an old [hat] on his head and the [shovel] over his shoulder. Then Jack rang the [bell], and Mama came to the door. "Here is a man with a shovel," he said. "Don't you want him to shovel paths for you?"

"I might," laughed [Mama], "but somebody has been ahead of him--and here are four hot [donuts] for that smart somebody." Jack gave the other boys [donuts], and they all sat down on the [steps] to eat them. [Jimmy Crow] sat on the [fence post]. He begged till each boy gave him a [piece].

Then they made a pile of [snowballs] to throw at the snowman. Just as Bob threw one, Jimmy Crow lit on the shoulder of the [snowman], and the [snowball] knocked him off into a deep drift! [Jimmy Crow] was not hurt, but he was angry. He flew at [Bob], and carried off his [cap] in his [beak], and dropped it into that same deep [snowdrift]. Then [Bob] had to wade through snow over his [boots], to get his cap again. And Jimmy Crow perched on Jack's [head], flapped his wings, and laughed "C-a-w, c-a-w, c-a-w!" [Edith Francis Foster]

["THE ROSE IS RED"]

JIMMY CROW.