The Tale of Jasper Jay / Tuck-Me-In Tales

Jasper, Like Frisky Squirrel, Was Fond of Nuts
TUCK-ME-IN TALES
(Trademark Registered)
THE TALE OF
JASPER JAY
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1917, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
At that season Jasper often visited the farm buildings, in the hope of finding a few kernels of corn scattered about the door of the corn-crib. But it seemed to make little difference to him whether he found food there or not. If he caught the cat out of doors he had good sport teasing her. And he always enjoyed that.
Jasper was a bold rowdy—but handsome. And Farmer Green liked to look out of the window early on a bleak morning and see him in his bright blue suit frisking in and out of the bare trees. Still, Farmer Green knew well enough that Jasper Jay was a rogue.
He steals birds' eggs in summer, Johnnie Green remarked.