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 Jay kept up his screaming. Of course Farmer Brown's boy heard it. He stopped fishing to listen. He knows the ways of Sammy Jay, does Farmer Brown's boy.

"Something going on back there," he muttered. "Wonder what it is. Sammy doesn't scream like that unless he is terribly excited. Guess I'll have to see what it all means."

He laid his rod down, leaving the bait in the water. Very carefully he tiptoed back to where Sammy was making such a racket. He was just in time to see Little Joe and Mrs. Joe rushing at Old Man Coyote, who was growling and snarling, while with his two