Richard T Smith
The Tuffy Stories
( May 6, 2017)
Just outside the village of Springly lies Farmer Jenks’ farm, and in his field stands a scarecrow by the name of Tuffy. Along with straw and rags, the stuffing from an old teddy bear had been used to make the scarecrow. Tuffy’s eyes had once been the teddy bear’s big glass eyes, so Tuffy had been named after the teddy bear and left in the field to scare the birds away from Farmer Jenks’ cornfield. So there he stood, propped up with the aid of a post in the ground.