Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1907 — Story off a Clever Jackdaw. [ARTICLE]

Story off a Clever Jackdaw.

In a small cottage In Herefordshire there lived a family who owned a very large but clever Jackdaw which was noted for its very witty sayings. One day the jackdaw saw the lid of the stewpot partly off, so thinking he should like a meat dinner he went out and caught a frog and put it in the boiling water in the stewpot, which had in some pieces of beef. After this the jackdaw went quietly back to his perch and waited till dinner timer -All went well till the cook began to share the dinner out before the family. Every time she pulled a piece of meat out of the pot the jackdaw said, “That’s not mine; that’s not mine,” till at last the Cook pulled out the frog, when he exclaimed in a very triumphant voice ( “ThaCs mlae; that’s mine.” The shock nearly made the guests faint away, but nevertheless the Jackdaw got his meat dinner, while the others did without for a change.—London Answers.