The Scarecrows' Wedding

[KEV67]

I think it's jolly good. It rhymes very well. It is a step up from No-Bot, the Robot with No Bottom. One thing that puzzled me was that it was set in a farm, but there was a crab in it. The crab brought some sea shells, which Betty O' Barley wanted for her wedding. What's a crab doing on a farm? He belongs in another book. Another thing that puzzled me was when the farmer made up another scarecrow to replace Harry O' Hay when he went missing. The new scarecrow was called Reginald Rake. He struck me as being like the spiv off Dad's Army and I instinctively started voicing him like Harry Rednap. I didn't put on any voices for the other characters. Then I wondered about the names of the two principal characters: Harry O' Hay and Betty O' Barley. Why so Irish?

[Hayley]

On 7/17/2025 at 7:57 PM, KEV67 said:

One thing that puzzled me was that it was set in a farm, but there was a crab in it.

Maybe it was a seaside farm 😂

[KEV67]

12 hours ago, Hayley said:

Maybe it was a seaside farm 😂

I think that was the answer. In one picture, Harry O'Hay says he needs to find some water to put some pink flowers in. A toad tells him there is a pool at the top of the hill. In the background of the picture there is what I thought was a lake. Why not get the water from the lake, I thought. However, on closer inspection, I saw a lighthouse, so it must have been the sea.

Something else occurred to me. Who officiated the wedding? If Worzul Gummidge married Aunt Sally then the Crow Man would marry them, but there is no Crow Man on the farm. There is the farmer himself, but he does not know they are conscious. He does not seem to anyway, and I did not seem him at the wedding.

[KEV67]

I am trying to read the parts in different accents. I am trying my best West Country accent for Harry O'Hay. I am doing my London Spiv accent for Reginald Rake. I am having most difficulty with Betty O'Barley. I am trying an Irish accent on her.