scare
/skɛɚ/ adjective C2- lean; scanty
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“I’m not feeling well,” said the Scarecrow, with a smile, “for it is very tedious being perched up here night and day to scare away crows.”
“‘This fellow will scare the crows fast enough,’ said the farmer.
It seems to me they must be more cowardly than you are if they allow you to scare them so easily.”
“Then, I was stuck on a pole in a cornfield, where I could make-believe scare the crows, at any rate.
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