The scarecrow who won an award
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field.
Who told it first?
Origin not traced yet
Unknown
Told everywhere in slightly different wordings. We have not found its earliest printed source yet, so we cannot say who told it first - and we do not claim nobody did.
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