The Professor rose from the ranks himself, and I believe that in his youth he was not above scaring crows in these very fields.
The city already has released a few falcons of its own, and plans more in the hope that they will eventually scare crows away, if not reduce their numbers.
At the age of 6, Edwards went to work for one shilling (five pence) a week, scaring crows.
"Well, I guess the Scarecrow knows how to scare crows, all right."
They find Socrates in a corn field on a pole scaring crows again.
The son of a Norfolk farm worker, he left school at 14 to work on a farm in Wymondham, where his duties included scaring crows.
Professor Saunderson was "not above scaring crows in those very fields."
"You got a voice to scare crows."
Go right away from here, and get back to your own dirty, den I' He stepped towards Chrysophylax, waving his arms as if he was scaring crows.
Best way to scare crows," said Mr. Vandemar, "you just creep up behind them and put your hand round their little crow necks and squeeze until they don't move anymore.