I Wonder Why Thought the Owl Author:Margaret Van Doren Bevans Ex school library. Has card holder residue inside front cover. Otherwise good. — "Master! Master!" cried the servant. "There's a great monster with huge rolling eyes in the barn! He's sitting there, ready to devour anyone who comes in!" — Poor Hans! The "monster" was only an owl who had flown into the barn by mistake and was waiting for nighttime,... more » when he would fly out again. But Hans, who only saw the bird's great glowing eyes, did not know that. Neither did Hans' master, the farmer. Neither did the villagers. Neither did the innkeeper, or the Mayor, or the Mayor's sons, or the great knight who came riding into the village. Instead everybody did all sorts of foolish and funny things to get rid of the unknown monster. What finally happened you will find out at the end. And then you, too, might "wonder why" along with the owl.« less