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The Scarebird

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5
Page count: 6
Categories: Friendship

Author

Sid
Fleischman

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 15, Num 3, Nov 1987

Story Summary

A lone farmer starts talking to his scarecrow as though it were a friend, until an orphaned boy shows up looking for work and offers the farmer real friendship.