any pulpit to preach from. Only they do not know it." 

 And so the sleepy old Evergreens thought they were the ones who awakened the flowers and preached to them about their duty, and no one ever told them about little Jack-in-the-pulpit, who always has and always will preach about the spring and summer to all the woodland dwellers. 

 

 

 MR. CROW GOES AND TELLS 

 

 Mr. Crow 

 Mr. Coon and Mr. Possum lived near each other in the woods, and one day they decided to give a supper the first bright moonlight night. 

 "It will be much easier for us to provide the supper together," said Mr. Coon, "because we are bachelors and we can help each other." 

 But the real reason was that Mr. Coon knew that Mr. Possum had some new tin spoons and all the Coon family love shiny things. He thought he might be able to slip one or two tin spoons into his pocket and never be found out, because there would be so many guests that Mr. Possum would not know which one to suspect when he found it out. 

 Mr. Possum was delighted to do as Mr. Coon suggested, and they began making out a list of guests to be invited. 

 Of course there was Mr. Fox and Mr. Squirrel and Jack Rabbit and Mr. Owl, who were all bachelors like themselves; so they decided they would not ask any of the married folks, but call it a bachelor party. 

 "Old James Crow, who lives in the tree near me, will think he should be invited, too, I suppose," said Mr. Possum; "but he is such a quarrelsome old fellow I hate to ask him." 

 "No, don't ask him," said Mr. Coon, thinking of Mr. Possum's new tin spoons and remembering that the Crow family were very like his own in the matter of liking bright and glittering things.  "He will never know we have a party. He goes to bed at sunset, you know." 

 So it was decided that old James Crow was not to be invited and that only the bachelors of the wood were to be asked. 

 A few nights after this the moon shone brightly and over to Mr. Possum's house they all went. 

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