Chapter 432

When the women had done their part, Ryan started sprinkling charcoal powder around the cornfield, forming a protective barrier. Eloise walked around the cornfield to inspect Ryan's work, but she felt that it wasn't thorough enough. "The charcoal powder keeps only those pests on the ground away. What about the pests in the sky?" She was referring to the birds. The cornfield was right outside the woods. Many birds often came there. It was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't feed on the leaves or peck at the corn kernels when the corn was ready to be harvested. "That's easy!" Freya said. She ran into the cave and took one of her shirts. She then put her shirt on a stick and placed it beside the cornfield. She had been wearing the fashionable clothes that Nina designed for her. Freya's creation reminded Ryan of a story he read when he was young. It made him laugh. "A scarecrow! Birds are afraid of scarecrows!" With a scarecrow around, the birds wouldn't dare to come near t