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The Crows of Pearblossom
- Abrams (A&CB)
- by Aldous Huxley & Sophie Blackall
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Publisher | Abrams (A&CB) |
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ISBN | 9780810998735 |
Author(s) | Aldous Huxley & Sophie Blackall |
Publication date | April 2011 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 254 x 260 mm |
Illustrations | throughout col.ill. |
Pages | 40 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
extra information | From the author of Brave New World |
Description
The Crows of Pearblossom tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Crow, who live in a cotton-wood tree at Pearblossom, California. Due to a hungry Rattlesnake living at the bottom of the tree, Mrs. Crow's eggs disappear before they hatch. After catching the snake eating her 297th egg that year (she does not work on Sundays), Mrs. Crow tells Mr. Crow go and kill the snake. Thinking better of it, Mr. Crow confers with his wise friend, Old Man Owl. Owl bakes mud into two stone eggs and paints them to resemble Mrs. Crows eggs. These dummy eggs are left in the nest to trick the Rattlesnake, who unwisely eats them the next day, causing the Rattlesnake such pain, that he thrashes about, tying himself in knots around the branches. Mrs. Crow goes on to hatch "four families of seventeen children each" and "uses the snake as a clothesline on which to hang the little crows' diapers."