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One day, two farmers named Fred and Cody, were farming and their crops keep getting eaten by birds.
"What are we going to do about those birds, Fred?" questioned Cody.
"We'll need to make a frigntening scarecrow to scare them off." replied Fred.
The next morning they made a very frightening scarecrow. They made sure to give him small, beady eyes, a depressing frown, and a pale, pruned face. They decided to name him "Dave", after the farmer they both hate.
They took Dave out to the crops and hung him up on the pole, and the birds did not come and raid the crops that day.
When Fred and Cody got playful, they'd talk to Dave, and pretend to feed him stew. If they were angry they would curse and torture Dave.
One night when they were torturing and cursing at Dave, they heard him moan.
"... Did you hear that, Cody...?"
"Yeah, I did... What moaned?"
"Not me," said Fred "some big must've gotten into his head and made a noise."
"Yeah, probbaly. It's nothing to be afraid of." said Cody.
A few days passed, and Dave would mess around and become playful. He would laugh non-stop. He would even get up in the night and crawl on the roof, and make frightening sounds.
"Tomorrow is the cattle drive, we'll just leave him when we leave the cattle." said Fred, trembling.
The cattle drive was going well, but a few miles down from their house, Fred remembers they forgot the food.
"I'll go and get the food, there's nothing to be afraid of..." said Cody.
Cody was gone for quite a long time. Fred became anxious. It was sundown, and Fred went up the hill, and he saw Dave up on the roof, throwing down a bloody skin to dry in the sun.
Some days, you can still see Dave on the roof of their house, and every night you can hear those frightening sounds he makes.
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