The lumbermen laughed, and one said:
“You tried to catch two of the hardest creatures in the world to trap. A fox and a crow are the slyest of all animals and birds, and for years so many have tried to trap and shoot them that they have grown very wise.”
“There is a man who lives near us in Cresco,” said Teddy, “who had a lame, tame crow that could stand on one leg and pull a cork from a bottle.”
“He could?” cried the lumbermen.
“Not really pull corks,” explained Janet. “He just made a noise like a cork popping out of a bottle. But he was cute and he would stand on one leg so funny.”
“But he flew away,” added Teddy. “And if we could find him we’d get ten dollars reward.”
“I’d look at a crow a long time before I’d give ten dollars for one; wouldn’t you, Jake?” asked one man of the other.
“That’s right, Sam,” was the answer.
“But if you see this lame, tame crow, will you please tell us?” begged Janet. “’Cause we’d like to take him back to Mr. Jenk and get the ten dollars.”
“Yes, if we see that crow we’ll try to catch him for you,” promised the men.