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Here's the twist: birds are a lot smarter than that old image suggests, and scarecrows are far older and stranger than a friendly farmer's dummy. The word itself gives away the job: to scare the crow. For thousands of years, people around the world have propped up figures, hung shiny objects, and rigged up noisemakers, all in a running battle to keep hungry birds off their crops. A scarecrow, at its heart, is a bluff aimed at a beak.  \nThat bluff is ancient, older than almost anything else in farming. Along the Nile in  \nancient Egypt, farmers set wooden frames in their wheat fields to trap and frighten quail, and paintings from that time show people guarding the harvest. In ancient Greece, growers are said to have carved figures of Priapus, a minor garden god, and stood them among the vines to protect the fruit. Move ahead to the Middle Ages in Britain, and children called \"bird-scarers\" were sent into the fields to shout, wave rattles, and throw stones at flocks. So before the stuffed dummy ever slouched on its pole, the real scarecrow was often a living, yelling kid.  \nThose noisy children eventually gave way to figures that could stand watch all day without getting tired. In Japan, farmers built figures they called kakashi to guard their rice paddies, and the name is telling. It comes from a word meaning something that smells so bad it drives creatures away, because early versions were rags and old fish or meat burned to make an awful stink. Later kakashi looked more like people, dressed in a straw raincoat and a wide hat, sometimes armed with a bow to look fierce. In Japanese tradition, one famous kakashi was even honored as a mountain deity who, though it could not walk, knew everything happening in the world.  \nKnowing everything is one thing; actually fooling a bird is another, and this is where the honest truth gets a little embarrassing. Studies of crows and other birds show they are quick learners, and a scarecrow that never moves is soon treated like a handy perch rather than a threat. That is why farmers today mix things up with reflective tape, propane cannons that bang like fireworks, and figures that flap or shift in the wind. The old wisdom was right about one thing: the trick is movement and surprise, not a face made of straw. In other words, a scarecrow works best when the bird can't quite figure out what it is.  \nIf a straw figure can't reliably outsmart a crow, why do we still build them by the  \nthousands each autumn? Because somewhere along the way the scarecrow stopped being only a tool and became a character we actually like. Towns from England to Japan to the United States now hold scarecrow festivals, lining streets and yards with clever, funny, and downright artistic figures for people to admire. Some villages build hundreds of them, turning quiet lanes into crowds of silent straw neighbors. The creature invented to keep company away has ended up drawing crowds of its own.  \nScarecrows Around the World  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, what does the word \"scarecrow\" reveal about its original purpose?\u003Cbr>A. Its job was to warn farmers of coming storms.\u003Cbr>B. Its job was to scare crows away from crops.\u003Cbr>C. Its job was to mark the edges of a field.\u003Cbr>D. Its job was to honor a harvest god. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Which claim in the passage is supported by the reason that birds are quick learners?\u003Cbr>A. Farmers now place scarecrows only inside barns for safety.\u003Cbr>B. Farmers now rely on movement and surprise instead of a fixed straw face.\u003Cbr>C. Farmers have completely stopped using scarecrows worldwide.\u003Cbr>D. Farmers believe birds cannot damage crops at all. |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.","cbCaigHH9iMvV7OV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigHH9iMvV7OV","pdf",91075,"English","# Reading Questions\n## Comprehension and Vocabulary Questions","[{\"question\":\"What does the word “scarecrow” indicate about its original purpose?\",\"answer\":\"It points to the scarecrow’s job: to scare crows away from crops.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do scarecrows need movement to stay effective?\",\"answer\":\"Birds, especially crows, learn quickly, and a stationary figure is soon treated as harmless or as a perch.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do people still build scarecrows in large numbers today?\",\"answer\":\"Scarecrows evolved from a practical farming tool into a lovable character, celebrated through festivals and artistic displays.\"}]","Scarecrows Around the World - Questions | PDF",1790807607]