John K Sutherland

The Two-Shot Stories John K Sutherland

Two-Shot's very best friend was Mildew Scatterbrain, the scarecrow. Mildew stood in the middle of his field all day in all weather and throughout the seasons and the years. The wind pulled at his clothes and his straw filling. He got wet in the rain, and he got baked in the sun, yet he never complained. The mice who lived in his head tried to keep him stuffed with straw, but even that was soon lost from all of the holes in his clothes, which were falling to bits around him. Two-Shot felt sorry for him and decided, one day, that Mildew deserved to be better dressed. So that's what he did. He felt very good about what he did to make that happen, but the farmer didn't, because the new suit that Mildew was now dressed in, was the farmer's best suit.