[produced] [by] [kent] [fielden] [blacky] [the] [crow] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [chapter] [i] [:] [blacky] [the] [crow] [makes] [a] [discovery] blacky [the] [crow] [is] [always] [watching] [for] [things] [not] [intended] [for] his sharp eyes . 1 blacky 13 sharp 12 his 13 sharp 13 sharp 14 eyes 14 eyes 15 . the result is that he gets into no end of trouble which he could avoid . 1 the 2 result 2 result 4 that 2 result 6 gets 3 is 4 that 5 he 6 gets 6 gets 11 trouble 7 into 11 trouble 8 no 9 end 9 end 10 of 9 end 11 trouble 11 trouble 15 avoid 12 which 15 avoid 13 he 14 could 14 could 15 avoid 15 avoid 16 . in this respect he is just like [his] [cousin] [,] [sammy] [jay] . 1 in 3 respect 2 this 3 respect 3 respect 5 is 3 respect 7 like 3 respect 13 . 4 he 5 is 6 just 7 like between them they see a great deal with which they have no business and which it would be better for them not to see . 1 between 2 them 1 between 7 deal 2 them 3 they 4 see 7 deal 5 a 7 deal 6 great 7 deal 7 deal 8 with 7 deal 13 business 7 deal 19 better 8 with 9 which 9 which 10 they 11 have 13 business 12 no 13 business 13 business 14 and 13 business 15 which 16 it 17 would 17 would 18 be 17 would 19 better 19 better 20 for 20 for 21 them 21 them 25 . 22 not 23 to 23 to 24 see 23 to 25 . you can believe just [which] [you] please , [though] [i] [suspect] [that] [neither] [of] [them] [really] [knows] [.] 1 you 2 can 1 you 7 please 2 can 3 believe 3 believe 4 just 7 please 8 , like [the] [black] [imp] [he] [is] , [blacky] [flew] [over] [the] [tree-tops] [,] [his] [sharp] [eyes] [watching] [for] [something] [interesting] [below] [.] 1 like 7 , presently he saw ahead of [him] [the] [old] [nest] [of] [red-tail] [.] 1 presently 3 saw 1 presently 4 ahead 2 he 3 saw 4 ahead 5 of he knew all about that nest . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 about 2 knew 5 that 3 all 4 about 5 that 6 nest 6 nest 7 . he had [visited] [it] before [when] [red-tail] was [away] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 8 was 2 had 5 before 8 was 10 . still it might be worth another visit . 1 still 7 visit 2 it 5 worth 3 might 4 be 4 be 5 worth 5 worth 7 visit 6 another 7 visit 7 visit 8 . you never can tell what you may find in old houses . 1 you 2 never 1 you 3 can 3 can 4 tell 3 can 8 find 4 tell 5 what 6 you 7 may 7 may 8 find 8 find 11 houses 8 find 12 . 9 in 11 houses 10 old 11 houses but [blacky] [learned] [ever] [so] [long] [ago] [that] there [is] nothing like [making] [sure] that there is no [danger] [.] 1 but 18 no 9 there 11 nothing 9 there 18 no 11 nothing 12 like 12 like 15 that 15 that 17 is 16 there 17 is so [,] [instead] [of] [flying] [straight] [to] that [old] [nest] , he [first] flew over [the] [tree] [so] [that] he could [look] [down] [into] [it] . 1 so 8 that 1 so 26 . 8 that 21 could 11 , 12 he 11 , 20 he 12 he 14 flew 14 flew 15 over 20 he 21 could right away he saw something that made him gasp and blink his eyes . 1 right 2 away 1 right 3 he 3 he 4 saw 4 saw 5 something 5 something 6 that 5 something 11 blink 7 made 11 blink 8 him 11 blink 9 gasp 10 and 9 gasp 11 blink 11 blink 12 his 11 blink 13 eyes 11 blink 14 . it was quite large and white , and it looked it looked very much indeed like an egg ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 quite 3 quite 4 large 4 large 5 and 4 large 6 white 6 white 18 egg 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 8 and 10 looked 10 looked 16 like 11 it 16 like 12 looked 13 very 12 looked 16 like 13 very 14 much 13 very 15 indeed 16 like 18 egg 17 an 18 egg 18 egg 19 ! do you wonder that [blacky] [gasped] [and] [blinked] ? 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 wonder 1 do 9 ? 3 wonder 4 that the idea of any one laying an egg at this time of year ! 1 the 2 idea 2 idea 3 of 2 idea 6 laying 4 any 5 one 4 any 6 laying 6 laying 8 egg 7 an 8 egg 8 egg 13 year 8 egg 14 ! 9 at 10 this 10 this 11 time 10 this 13 year 12 of 13 year blacky flew over to a tall pine-tree to think it over . 1 blacky 7 pine-tree 2 flew 7 pine-tree 3 over 7 pine-tree 4 to 7 pine-tree 5 a 7 pine-tree 6 tall 7 pine-tree 7 pine-tree 9 think 7 pine-tree 11 over 7 pine-tree 12 . 8 to 9 think 9 think 10 it " must be it was a little lump of snow , " thought he . 1 " 2 must 2 must 3 be 2 must 8 lump 4 it 5 was 4 it 8 lump 6 a 7 little 6 a 8 lump 8 lump 9 of 8 lump 10 snow 8 lump 13 thought 8 lump 15 . 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 thought 13 thought 14 he " [yet] if [ever] [i] [saw] [an] [egg] [,] [that] [looked] [like] [one] [.] 1 " 3 if jumping grasshoppers , how good an egg would taste right now ! " 1 jumping 2 grasshoppers 2 grasshoppers 3 , 2 grasshoppers 4 how 2 grasshoppers 5 good 2 grasshoppers 7 egg 6 an 7 egg 7 egg 9 taste 7 egg 10 right 7 egg 12 ! 8 would 9 taste 10 right 11 now 12 ! 13 " you know [blacky] has [a] [weakness] [for] [eggs] [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 4 has the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . 1 the 11 grew 2 more 11 grew 3 he 9 hungrier 4 thought 9 hungrier 5 about 6 it 5 about 9 hungrier 7 , 9 hungrier 8 the 9 hungrier 9 hungrier 10 he 9 hungrier 11 grew 11 grew 12 . several times he almost made up his mind to fly straight over there and make sure , but he didn't quite dare . 1 several 2 times 2 times 16 sure 3 he 4 almost 4 almost 11 straight 4 almost 16 sure 5 made 6 up 6 up 8 mind 6 up 11 straight 7 his 8 mind 9 to 10 fly 10 fly 11 straight 11 straight 12 over 12 over 13 there 12 over 14 and 15 make 16 sure 16 sure 20 didn't 17 , 18 but 18 but 20 didn't 19 he 20 didn't 20 didn't 21 quite 20 didn't 22 dare 20 didn't 23 . if it were an egg , it must belong to somebody , and perhaps it would be best to find out who . 1 if 2 it 1 if 3 were 1 if 9 belong 4 an 5 egg 5 egg 6 , 5 egg 7 it 5 egg 9 belong 8 must 9 belong 9 belong 10 to 9 belong 11 somebody 9 belong 14 perhaps 9 belong 19 to 12 , 13 and 12 , 14 perhaps 14 perhaps 16 would 14 perhaps 18 best 15 it 16 would 16 would 17 be 19 to 20 find 19 to 23 . 20 find 21 out 20 find 22 who [suddenly] [blacky] [shook] [himself] [.] " [i] must be [dreaming] , " said he . 1 " 3 must 1 " 6 , 3 must 4 be 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 . " there [couldn't] [,] [there] [just] couldn't be [an] [egg] at this [time] [of] [year] , [or] [in] [that] [old] [tumble-down] [nest] [!] 1 " 2 there 1 " 16 , 2 there 8 be 7 couldn't 8 be 11 at 12 this 12 this 16 , i 'll just fly away and forget it [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 just 2 'll 7 forget 4 fly 5 away 4 fly 7 forget 5 away 6 and 7 forget 8 it so he flew away , but he couldn't forget it . 1 so 8 couldn't 2 he 8 couldn't 3 flew 4 away 4 away 5 , 5 , 6 but 6 but 8 couldn't 7 he 8 couldn't 8 couldn't 9 forget 8 couldn't 10 it 8 couldn't 11 . [chapter] [ii] [:] [blacky] [makes] [sure] " as [true] as ever [i] ['ve] [cawed] [a] [caw] [that] [was] [a] [new-laid] [egg] [i] [saw] . " 1 " 19 " 2 as 4 as 4 as 5 ever 5 ever 18 . 18 . 19 " " oh [nothing] , [cousin] , [nothing] [at] all , " replied [blacky] . 1 " 2 oh 1 " 12 replied 2 oh 4 , 2 oh 6 , 6 , 9 all 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 replied 12 replied 14 . " [i] was just talking [foolishness] to [myself] . " 1 " 10 " 3 was 4 just 3 was 5 talking 5 talking 7 to 5 talking 9 . 9 . 10 " sammy looked at him sharply . 1 sammy 5 sharply 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 5 sharply 4 him 5 sharply 5 sharply 6 . " [you] aren't feeling sick , are you [,] [cousin] [blacky] ? " [he] asked . 1 " 15 asked 3 aren't 5 sick 3 aren't 8 you 3 aren't 12 ? 4 feeling 5 sick 5 sick 6 , 7 are 8 you 12 ? 13 " 12 ? 15 asked 15 asked 16 . " must be something the matter with you when you begin talking about new-laid eggs , when everything 's covered with snow and ice . 1 " 2 must 2 must 3 be 2 must 4 something 4 something 6 matter 5 the 6 matter 6 matter 7 with 7 with 14 new-laid 8 you 14 new-laid 9 when 14 new-laid 10 you 14 new-laid 11 begin 14 new-laid 12 talking 14 new-laid 13 about 14 new-laid 14 new-laid 15 eggs 14 new-laid 16 , 14 new-laid 17 when 14 new-laid 18 everything 14 new-laid 19 's 14 new-laid 20 covered 20 covered 21 with 20 covered 22 snow 22 snow 23 and 22 snow 24 ice 24 ice 25 . [foolishness] [is] [no] [name] [for] [it] [.] whoever heard of such a thing as a new-laid egg this time of year . " 1 whoever 2 heard 1 whoever 4 such 2 heard 3 of 4 such 9 new-laid 5 a 9 new-laid 6 thing 9 new-laid 7 as 9 new-laid 8 a 9 new-laid 9 new-laid 10 egg 9 new-laid 11 this 9 new-laid 12 time 9 new-laid 13 of 9 new-laid 14 year 9 new-laid 16 " 15 . 16 " " [nobody] [,] [i] guess , " replied [blacky] . 1 " 5 guess 1 " 8 replied 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 8 replied 10 . " [i] [told] you [i] [was] [just] [talking] [foolishness] . 1 " 4 you 4 you 10 . you see , [i] ['m] [so] [hungry] that [i] [just] [got] [to] [thinking] [what] [i] 'd [have] if [i] could have [anything] [i] [wanted] [.] 1 you 2 see 1 you 16 'd 2 see 3 , 2 see 8 that 16 'd 21 have 18 if 20 could 20 could 21 have i guess [i] [must] have [said] something about it . " 1 i 2 guess 1 i 5 have 5 have 11 " 7 something 8 about 8 about 9 it 9 it 10 . 10 . 11 " " [i] [guess] you must have . 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 must 5 must 6 have 5 must 7 . it isn't egg time yet , and it won't be for a long time . 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 egg 3 egg 4 time 3 egg 5 yet 3 egg 6 , 3 egg 14 time 3 egg 15 . 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 it 9 won't 10 be 10 be 11 for 11 for 12 a 12 a 13 long 13 long 14 time take my advice and just forget about impossible things . 1 take 3 advice 2 my 3 advice 3 advice 4 and 3 advice 6 forget 3 advice 8 impossible 5 just 6 forget 6 forget 7 about 8 impossible 9 things 9 things 10 . i 'm going [over] to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [corncrib] . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 3 going 5 to 5 to 10 . corn may not be as good as eggs , but it is very good and very filling . 1 corn 2 may 1 corn 6 good 2 may 3 not 2 may 4 be 2 may 5 as 6 good 7 as 6 good 8 eggs 6 good 17 filling 6 good 18 . 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 it 11 it 12 is 12 is 13 very 13 very 14 good 13 very 15 and 13 very 17 filling 16 very 17 filling better come [along] , " said [sammy] [.] 1 better 6 said 2 come 4 , 4 , 6 said 5 " 6 said " not this morning , thank you . 1 " 2 not 1 " 6 thank 3 this 4 morning 4 morning 5 , 5 , 6 thank 6 thank 7 you 6 thank 8 . some other time , [perhaps] [,] ["] [replied] [blacky] [.] 1 some 2 other 1 some 3 time 3 time 4 , [he] [watched] [sammy] [disappear] [through] [the] [trees] [.] then he flew to the top of the tallest pine-tree to make sure that no one was about . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 flew 3 flew 4 to 3 flew 10 pine-tree 3 flew 18 about 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 6 top 10 pine-tree 8 the 9 tallest 9 tallest 10 pine-tree 10 pine-tree 12 make 10 pine-tree 13 sure 10 pine-tree 15 no 11 to 12 make 13 sure 14 that 15 no 16 one 17 was 18 about 18 about 19 . " [i] 'm [foolish] . 1 " 3 'm 3 'm 5 . i know [i] ['m] foolish , " [he] [muttered] [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 7 " 5 foolish 6 , 6 , 7 " " but [i] ['ve] [just] [got] [to] [have] [another] [look] [in] that [old] [nest] [of] [redtail] [the] [hawk] . 1 " 2 but 2 but 12 that 12 that 19 . it won't do any harm to have another look , anyway . " 1 it 5 harm 2 won't 5 harm 3 do 5 harm 4 any 5 harm 5 harm 11 anyway 6 to 9 look 7 have 8 another 8 another 9 look 9 look 11 anyway 10 , 11 anyway 11 anyway 13 " 12 . 13 " as he passed over the top of the tree , he looked down eagerly . 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 passed 3 passed 4 over 4 over 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 6 top 9 tree 8 the 9 tree 9 tree 14 eagerly 10 , 14 eagerly 11 he 12 looked 12 looked 13 down 12 looked 14 eagerly 14 eagerly 15 . the day before there had been but one ; now there were two . 1 the 2 day 2 day 3 before 2 day 13 two 2 day 14 . 3 before 4 there 3 before 5 had 5 had 6 been 7 but 8 one 8 one 13 two 9 ; 10 now 9 ; 11 there 11 there 12 were 11 there 13 two that [settled] it [in] [blacky] 's [mind] [;] [they] [were] [eggs] [!] 1 that 6 's 3 it 6 's they couldn't be anything else . 1 they 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 be 2 couldn't 5 else 4 anything 5 else 5 else 6 . blacky kept right on flying . 1 blacky 5 flying 2 kept 3 right 2 kept 4 on 2 kept 5 flying 5 flying 6 . somehow he didn't dare stop just then . 1 somehow 3 didn't 1 somehow 6 just 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 dare 4 dare 5 stop 6 just 7 then 7 then 8 . he was too much excited by what he had discovered to think clearly . 1 he 10 discovered 2 was 5 excited 3 too 4 much 4 much 5 excited 5 excited 6 by 5 excited 7 what 5 excited 10 discovered 8 he 10 discovered 9 had 10 discovered 10 discovered 13 clearly 11 to 12 think 12 think 13 clearly 13 clearly 14 . he had got to have time to get his wits together . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 got 2 had 10 wits 4 to 8 get 5 have 6 time 6 time 8 get 7 to 8 get 8 get 10 wits 9 his 10 wits 10 wits 11 together 11 together 12 . whoever had laid those eggs was big and strong . 1 whoever 2 had 1 whoever 3 laid 1 whoever 5 eggs 1 whoever 6 was 1 whoever 7 big 4 those 5 eggs 7 big 9 strong 8 and 9 strong 9 strong 10 . he felt sure of that . 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 sure 2 felt 6 . 3 sure 4 of 3 sure 5 that he must first find out whose they were ; then he would know better what to do . 1 he 4 find 2 must 3 first 2 must 4 find 4 find 5 out 4 find 6 whose 4 find 15 what 6 whose 8 were 7 they 8 were 9 ; 10 then 9 ; 15 what 10 then 11 he 11 he 12 would 13 know 14 better 13 know 15 what 15 what 17 do 16 to 17 do 17 do 18 . he felt sure that no one else knew about them , and he knew that they couldn't run away . 1 he 2 felt 1 he 8 knew 1 he 17 couldn't 2 felt 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 3 sure 5 no 5 no 6 one 6 one 7 else 8 knew 9 about 9 about 10 them 11 , 12 and 11 , 13 he 13 he 14 knew 13 he 17 couldn't 14 knew 15 that 16 they 17 couldn't 17 couldn't 18 run 18 run 19 away 19 away 20 . so he kept right on flying until he reached a certain tall pine-tree where he could sit and think without being disturbed . 1 so 3 kept 2 he 3 kept 3 kept 4 right 3 kept 5 on 3 kept 6 flying 3 kept 7 until 7 until 13 pine-tree 8 he 9 reached 9 reached 13 pine-tree 10 a 13 pine-tree 11 certain 13 pine-tree 12 tall 13 pine-tree 13 pine-tree 14 where 13 pine-tree 15 he 13 pine-tree 16 could 13 pine-tree 17 sit 13 pine-tree 18 and 13 pine-tree 19 think 19 think 21 being 20 without 21 being 21 being 22 disturbed 22 disturbed 23 . " eggs ! " he muttered . 1 " 6 muttered 2 eggs 6 muttered 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 6 muttered 5 he 6 muttered 6 muttered 7 . " real eggs ! 1 " 4 ! 2 real 3 eggs 3 eggs 4 ! now who [under] [the] [sun] can [have] [moved] [into] [redtail] ['s] [old] [house] ? 1 now 14 ? 2 who 6 can 2 who 14 ? and what can they mean by [laying] [eggs] [before] [mistress] [spring] [has] [even] [sent] [word] [that] [she] [has] [started] [?] 1 and 2 what 2 what 3 can 2 what 4 they 2 what 5 mean 5 mean 6 by it 's too much for me . 1 it 2 's 1 it 3 too 3 too 4 much 3 too 5 for 5 for 6 me 6 me 7 . it certainly is too much for me . " 1 it 2 certainly 2 certainly 5 much 3 is 4 too 4 too 5 much 5 much 6 for 6 for 7 me 7 me 9 " 8 . 9 " [chapter] [iii] [:] [blacky] [finds] [out] [who] [owns] [the] [eggs] two big white eggs in a tumbledown nest , and snow and ice everywhere ! 1 two 7 tumbledown 2 big 7 tumbledown 3 white 7 tumbledown 4 eggs 7 tumbledown 5 in 7 tumbledown 6 a 7 tumbledown 7 tumbledown 8 nest 7 tumbledown 9 , 7 tumbledown 10 and 7 tumbledown 11 snow 7 tumbledown 12 and 7 tumbledown 13 ice 13 ice 14 everywhere 13 ice 15 ! did ever anybody hear of such a thing before ? 1 did 2 ever 1 did 10 ? 2 ever 3 anybody 2 ever 4 hear 2 ever 6 such 2 ever 9 before 4 hear 5 of 6 such 7 a 6 such 8 thing " [wouldn't] believe it , [if] [i] [hadn't] [seen] [it] [with] [my] [own] [eyes] [,] ["] [muttered] [blacky] the [crow] [.] 1 " 3 believe 3 believe 4 it 4 it 5 , 5 , 19 the " have to believe them . 1 " 4 believe 2 have 3 to 3 to 4 believe 4 believe 5 them 5 them 6 . if [i] can't believe them , it 's of no use to try to believe anything in this world . 1 if 16 anything 3 can't 16 anything 4 believe 5 them 4 believe 7 it 4 believe 16 anything 5 them 6 , 8 's 11 use 9 of 11 use 10 no 11 use 11 use 13 try 11 use 16 anything 12 to 13 try 13 try 14 to 15 believe 16 anything 16 anything 19 world 17 in 19 world 18 this 19 world 19 world 20 . as sure [as] [i] [sit] [here] [,] [that] [old] [nest] [has] [two] [eggs] [in] it . 1 as 15 it 2 sure 15 it 15 it 16 . whoever laid them must be crazy to start housekeeping at this time of year . 1 whoever 2 laid 1 whoever 4 must 1 whoever 6 crazy 2 laid 3 them 4 must 5 be 6 crazy 9 housekeeping 7 to 9 housekeeping 8 start 9 housekeeping 9 housekeeping 10 at 9 housekeeping 12 time 9 housekeeping 14 year 9 housekeeping 15 . 11 this 12 time 13 of 14 year i must find out [whose] [eggs] [they] [are] [and] [then] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 find 3 find 4 out to have seen him , you would never have guessed that he was looking for anything in particular . 1 to 2 have 2 have 3 seen 2 have 10 guessed 3 seen 4 him 4 him 5 , 6 you 10 guessed 7 would 10 guessed 8 never 10 guessed 9 have 10 guessed 10 guessed 11 that 10 guessed 13 was 10 guessed 14 looking 10 guessed 16 anything 12 he 13 was 14 looking 15 for 16 anything 18 particular 17 in 18 particular 18 particular 19 . he [seemed] [to] [be] just [flying] [over] [on] his way to [some] [distant] [place] [.] 1 he 5 just 1 he 9 his 9 his 10 way 10 way 11 to blacky 's heart beat fast with excitement as he drew near that old tumble-down nest . 1 blacky 7 excitement 2 's 3 heart 3 heart 4 beat 4 beat 5 fast 4 beat 7 excitement 6 with 7 excitement 7 excitement 10 drew 7 excitement 16 . 8 as 10 drew 9 he 10 drew 10 drew 11 near 10 drew 14 tumble-down 12 that 14 tumble-down 13 old 14 tumble-down 14 tumble-down 15 nest would those two big white eggs be there ? 1 would 6 eggs 2 those 6 eggs 3 two 6 eggs 4 big 6 eggs 5 white 6 eggs 6 eggs 8 there 6 eggs 9 ? 7 be 8 there perhaps there [would] [be] [three] [!] 1 perhaps 2 there the very thought made him flap his wings a little faster . 1 the 6 flap 2 very 6 flap 3 thought 6 flap 4 made 6 flap 5 him 6 flap 6 flap 8 wings 6 flap 10 little 6 flap 11 faster 7 his 8 wings 9 a 10 little 11 faster 12 . a few more wing strokes and he would be right over the tree . 1 a 2 few 1 a 13 tree 2 few 5 strokes 3 more 5 strokes 4 wing 5 strokes 5 strokes 6 and 5 strokes 7 he 5 strokes 8 would 5 strokes 10 right 5 strokes 11 over 8 would 9 be 12 the 13 tree 13 tree 14 . how he did hope to see those eggs ! 1 how 3 did 1 how 7 those 1 how 9 ! 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 hope 3 did 6 see 5 to 6 see 7 those 8 eggs he could almost see into the nest now . 1 he 2 could 2 could 4 see 3 almost 4 see 4 see 7 nest 5 into 6 the 5 into 7 nest 7 nest 8 now 8 now 9 . one stroke ! 1 one 2 stroke 2 stroke 3 ! two strokes ! 1 two 2 strokes 2 strokes 3 ! three strokes ! 1 three 2 strokes 2 strokes 3 ! blacky bit his tongue to keep from giving a sharp caw of disappointment and surprise . 1 blacky 15 surprise 2 bit 8 giving 3 his 4 tongue 4 tongue 6 keep 4 tongue 8 giving 5 to 6 keep 6 keep 7 from 8 giving 13 disappointment 9 a 10 sharp 10 sharp 13 disappointment 11 caw 13 disappointment 12 of 13 disappointment 13 disappointment 14 and 13 disappointment 15 surprise 15 surprise 16 . there were no eggs to be seen . 1 there 2 were 1 there 3 no 1 there 4 eggs 4 eggs 7 seen 4 eggs 8 . 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 seen no [,] [sir] [,] there wasn't a sign of eggs in that old nest . 1 no 8 sign 5 there 8 sign 6 wasn't 8 sign 7 a 8 sign 8 sign 9 of 8 sign 14 nest 8 sign 15 . 10 eggs 14 nest 11 in 14 nest 12 that 14 nest 13 old 14 nest there wasn't because [why] [,] [do] [you] [think] [?] 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 because blacky didn't turn to come back as he had planned . 1 blacky 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 turn 3 turn 4 to 3 turn 6 back 5 come 6 back 6 back 10 planned 6 back 11 . 7 as 10 planned 8 he 9 had 9 had 10 planned he kept right on , just as if he hadn't seen anything , and as he flew he shivered a little . 1 he 2 kept 1 he 6 just 2 kept 3 right 2 kept 4 on 4 on 5 , 6 just 7 as 6 just 15 as 7 as 8 if 8 if 10 hadn't 9 he 10 hadn't 10 hadn't 11 seen 10 hadn't 12 anything 13 , 14 and 13 , 15 as 15 as 16 he 15 as 18 he 16 he 17 flew 18 he 19 shivered 19 shivered 21 little 19 shivered 22 . 20 a 21 little " [i] 'm [thankful] [i] [knew] [enough] to [leave] them [alone] , " said he . 1 " 3 'm 1 " 14 said 8 to 10 them 10 them 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 15 he 14 said 16 . " [funny] [i] [never] [once] [guessed] [whose] [eggs] they are . 1 " 10 are 9 they 10 are 10 are 11 . i might have known [that] [no] [one] [but] [hooty] [the] [horned] [owl] [would] think of [nesting] [at] this [time] [of] [year] . 1 i 3 have 1 i 14 think 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 known 14 think 15 of 15 of 18 this 15 of 22 . and that was [mrs] [hooty] [i] [saw] on the [nest] [just] [now] . 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 was 3 was 8 on 8 on 9 the 8 on 13 . my , but she 's big ! 1 my 2 , 2 , 3 but 3 but 4 she 4 she 5 's 5 's 6 big 5 's 7 ! she 's [bigger] [than] [hooty] [himself] [!] 1 she 2 's yes , [sir] [,] it ['s] [a] [lucky] [thing] [i] [didn't] [try] to get those eggs yesterday . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 13 to 13 to 14 get 14 get 16 eggs 15 those 16 eggs 16 eggs 17 yesterday 17 yesterday 18 . [blacky] [,] [blacky] [,] [the] [sooner] [you] [forget] [those] [eggs] [the] [better] [.] ["] some things [are] [best] [forgotten] [as] [soon] as they are [learned] . 1 some 2 things 2 things 10 are 8 as 9 they 9 they 10 are 10 are 12 . who never [plays] [with] [fire] [will] [surely] [not] [get] [burned] [.] 1 who 2 never [chapter] [iv] [:] [the] [cunning] [of] [blacky] he would forget that he ever had seen them , and he would stay away from that [corner] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 forget 2 would 14 stay 4 that 13 would 5 he 7 had 5 he 13 would 6 ever 7 had 7 had 8 seen 8 seen 9 them 10 , 11 and 10 , 12 he 12 he 13 would 13 would 14 stay 14 stay 15 away 15 away 16 from 16 from 17 that that was a very wise resolution . 1 that 2 was 1 that 6 resolution 3 a 6 resolution 4 very 5 wise 5 wise 6 resolution 6 resolution 7 . she [is] [bigger] [than] [hooty] [and] [certainly] [quite] [as] [much] to be [feared] by the [little] [people] [.] 1 she 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 14 by 14 by 15 the all this [blacky] [knows] . 1 all 2 this 2 this 5 . no one knows it better . 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 knows 3 knows 4 it 3 knows 5 better 5 better 6 . and [blacky] [is] [not] [one] [to] [poke] his [head] [into] [trouble] [with] [his] eyes open . 1 and 8 his 8 his 14 eyes 14 eyes 15 open 14 eyes 16 . so he very wisely resolved to forget all about those eggs . 1 so 2 he 1 so 4 wisely 3 very 4 wisely 4 wisely 5 resolved 4 wisely 7 forget 4 wisely 8 all 4 wisely 10 those 5 resolved 6 to 8 all 9 about 10 those 11 eggs 11 eggs 12 . now it is one thing to make a resolution and quite another thing to live up to it , as you all know . 1 now 3 is 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 thing 4 one 5 thing 5 thing 9 resolution 6 to 7 make 7 make 9 resolution 8 a 9 resolution 9 resolution 10 and 9 resolution 11 quite 9 resolution 12 another 9 resolution 13 thing 9 resolution 15 live 9 resolution 17 to 9 resolution 18 it 9 resolution 19 , 9 resolution 24 . 14 to 15 live 15 live 16 up 19 , 20 as 20 as 21 you 21 you 23 know 22 all 23 know it was easy enough to say that he would forget , but not at all easy to forget . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 easy 3 easy 4 enough 3 easy 10 forget 3 easy 18 forget 4 enough 5 to 5 to 6 say 6 say 7 that 7 that 8 he 9 would 10 forget 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 not 13 not 14 at 13 not 18 forget 14 at 15 all 16 easy 17 to 16 easy 18 forget 18 forget 19 . he just couldn't seem to forget them . 1 he 3 couldn't 2 just 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 6 forget 4 seem 5 to 4 seem 6 forget 6 forget 7 them 7 them 8 . after a little , he didn't try . 1 after 2 a 1 after 5 he 2 a 3 little 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 try 7 try 8 . now [blacky] [the] [crow] is [very] [,] [very] [cunning] . 1 now 5 is 5 is 10 . he is one of the smartest of all the little people who fly . 1 he 6 smartest 2 is 6 smartest 3 one 6 smartest 4 of 6 smartest 5 the 6 smartest 6 smartest 7 of 6 smartest 8 all 6 smartest 9 the 6 smartest 10 little 6 smartest 11 people 11 people 12 who 12 who 13 fly 13 fly 14 . no one can [get] [into] more mischief [and] [still] [keep] [out] [of] [trouble] than can [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 1 no 2 one 1 no 6 more 2 one 3 can 6 more 7 mischief 6 more 14 than 14 than 15 can that is because he uses the wits in that black head of his . 1 that 5 uses 2 is 5 uses 3 because 5 uses 4 he 5 uses 5 uses 6 the 5 uses 7 wits 5 uses 9 that 5 uses 10 black 5 uses 11 head 5 uses 13 his 5 uses 14 . 7 wits 8 in 12 of 13 his in fact , some people are unkind enough to say that he spends all his spare time in planning mischief . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 7 unkind 4 some 5 people 5 people 7 unkind 6 are 7 unkind 7 unkind 13 spends 8 enough 9 to 8 enough 13 spends 10 say 13 spends 11 that 13 spends 12 he 13 spends 13 spends 14 all 13 spends 15 his 13 spends 16 spare 13 spends 17 time 13 spends 19 planning 18 in 19 planning 19 planning 20 mischief 19 planning 21 . that [won't] [do] at all [,] [because] [i] [want] [them] [myself] . 1 that 5 all 4 at 5 all 5 all 12 . i [found] [them] [,] [and] [i] ought to have [them] . " 1 i 7 ought 7 ought 8 to 8 to 9 have 8 to 11 . 11 . 12 " he [quite] [forgot] [or] [overlooked] [the] [fact] [that] [those] [eggs] [really] [belonged] to [hooty] [and] [mrs] [hooty] [and] [to] no one else . 1 he 13 to 13 to 23 . 20 no 21 one 20 no 23 . 21 one 22 else " now let me see , what can [i] do ? " 1 " 7 what 2 now 3 let 2 now 7 what 3 let 4 me 5 see 7 what 6 , 7 what 7 what 10 do 7 what 11 ? 8 can 10 do 11 ? 12 " he thought and he thought and he thought and he thought , and little by little a plan worked out in his little black head . 1 he 2 thought 2 thought 18 plan 3 and 4 he 4 he 5 thought 5 thought 18 plan 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 thought 8 thought 18 plan 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 thought 11 thought 18 plan 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 little 14 little 18 plan 15 by 18 plan 16 little 18 plan 17 a 18 plan 18 plan 19 worked 18 plan 20 out 18 plan 25 head 21 in 22 his 22 his 25 head 23 little 24 black 24 black 25 head 25 head 26 . then he chuckled . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 chuckled 3 chuckled 4 . he chuckled right out loud , then hurriedly looked around to see if any one had heard him . 1 he 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 8 hurriedly 2 chuckled 17 heard 3 right 5 loud 4 out 5 loud 5 loud 8 hurriedly 6 , 8 hurriedly 7 then 8 hurriedly 8 hurriedly 9 looked 8 hurriedly 10 around 11 to 12 see 12 see 13 if 13 if 14 any 13 if 16 had 14 any 15 one 16 had 17 heard 17 heard 18 him 18 him 19 . no one had , [so] he chuckled again . 1 no 2 one 1 no 4 , 2 one 3 had 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 chuckled 7 chuckled 8 again 7 chuckled 9 . then he cocked his head on the other side and [did] [the] [same] [thing] [.] 1 then 3 cocked 2 he 3 cocked 3 cocked 4 his 3 cocked 5 head 3 cocked 9 side 3 cocked 10 and 6 on 7 the 6 on 9 side 8 other 9 side " it 's all right , " said he at last . 1 " 3 's 1 " 8 said 2 it 3 's 4 all 5 right 5 right 8 said 6 , 8 said 7 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 11 last 8 said 12 . 10 at 11 last " it 'll give my [relatives] [a] [lot] [of] [fun] , and [of] [course] they will be [very] [grateful] to me [for] [that] . 1 " 2 it 1 " 3 'll 3 'll 4 give 4 give 21 me 5 my 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 15 they 15 they 16 will 16 will 17 be 17 be 20 to 20 to 21 me 21 me 24 . it [won't] [hurt] [hooty] [or] [mrs] [hooty] [a] [bit] , but it will make them [very] angry . 1 it 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 it 12 it 13 will 12 it 18 . 13 will 14 make 14 make 15 them 14 make 17 angry they have very short tempers , and people with short tempers usually forget everything else when they are angry . 1 they 11 tempers 2 have 11 tempers 3 very 11 tempers 4 short 11 tempers 5 tempers 7 and 5 tempers 8 people 5 tempers 9 with 5 tempers 11 tempers 6 , 7 and 10 short 11 tempers 11 tempers 12 usually 11 tempers 13 forget 11 tempers 14 everything 11 tempers 15 else 11 tempers 16 when 11 tempers 17 they 17 they 18 are 18 are 19 angry 19 angry 20 . then [i] ['ll] [slip] [in] and [get] [one] [and] [perhaps] [both] [of] [them] [.] 1 then 6 and without knowing that they are doing anything of the kind , my friends and relatives will help me to get a good meal . 1 without 2 knowing 2 knowing 3 that 2 knowing 6 doing 4 they 5 are 5 are 6 doing 6 doing 7 anything 7 anything 10 kind 8 of 9 the 8 of 10 kind 10 kind 11 , 10 kind 15 relatives 12 my 13 friends 13 friends 14 and 13 friends 15 relatives 15 relatives 17 help 15 relatives 20 get 15 relatives 24 . 16 will 17 help 17 help 18 me 19 to 20 get 20 get 23 meal 21 a 23 meal 22 good 23 meal my , how good those eggs will taste ! " 1 my 2 , 1 my 3 how 3 how 8 taste 3 how 9 ! 4 good 8 taste 5 those 6 eggs 6 eggs 8 taste 7 will 8 taste 9 ! 10 " [chapter] [v] [:] [blacky] [calls] [his] [friends] [when] [blacky] [cries] ["] [caw] [,] [caw] [,] [caw] [,] [caw] [!] ["] as if he ['d] [dislocate] his [jaw] [,] [his] [relatives] [all] [hasten] [where] [he] [waits] [them] [with] [a] [crafty] [air] . 1 as 2 if 2 if 3 he 3 he 6 his 6 his 21 . they [know] [that] [there] [is] [mischief] [afoot] [,] [and] [the] [crow] [family] [is] always [ready] [for] [mischief] [.] 1 they 14 always blacky chuckled as he saw them coming . 1 blacky 2 chuckled 1 blacky 5 saw 2 chuckled 3 as 4 he 5 saw 5 saw 6 them 5 saw 7 coming 7 coming 8 . " come on ! 1 " 4 ! 2 come 3 on 2 come 4 ! come on ! 1 come 2 on 1 come 3 ! caw , caw , caw ! 1 caw 3 caw 2 , 3 caw 3 caw 5 caw 4 , 5 caw 5 caw 6 ! hurry up and flap your wings faster . 1 hurry 2 up 1 hurry 4 flap 2 up 3 and 4 flap 5 your 4 flap 6 wings 4 flap 7 faster 7 faster 8 . i know where [hooty] the [owl] is , and we 'll have [no] [end] [of] [fun] [with] him , " he cried . 1 i 2 know 1 i 12 have 2 know 3 where 3 where 5 the 3 where 7 is 8 , 9 and 8 , 10 we 10 we 11 'll 10 we 12 have 12 have 18 him 18 him 19 , 19 , 20 " 20 " 22 cried 21 he 22 cried 22 cried 23 . " caw , caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " shouted all his relatives in great glee . 1 " 12 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 6 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 8 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 12 caw 9 , 10 caw 10 caw 12 caw 11 , 12 caw 12 caw 15 shouted 13 ! 14 " 13 ! 15 shouted 15 shouted 21 glee 16 all 18 relatives 17 his 18 relatives 18 relatives 21 glee 19 in 21 glee 20 great 21 glee 21 glee 22 . " where is he ? 1 " 2 where 2 where 3 is 2 where 4 he 2 where 5 ? lead us to him . 1 lead 2 us 1 lead 3 to 1 lead 4 him 4 him 5 . we 'll [drive] [him] [out] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [!] ["] 1 we 2 'll blacky had taken pains to slip over early that morning and make sure just where he was . 1 blacky 4 pains 2 had 3 taken 3 taken 4 pains 4 pains 5 to 4 pains 6 slip 4 pains 7 over 4 pains 8 early 4 pains 12 make 4 pains 13 sure 4 pains 14 just 4 pains 15 where 4 pains 18 . 8 early 10 morning 8 early 11 and 9 that 10 morning 15 where 17 was 16 he 17 was he had [discovered] [hooty] [fast] [asleep] , [and] he knew that he would [remain] [right] [where] he was [until] [dark] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 18 was 7 , 9 he 7 , 17 he 9 he 10 knew 10 knew 11 that 10 knew 13 would 12 he 13 would 17 he 18 was 18 was 21 . jolly , round , bright [mr] [sun] [was] [shining] [his] [very] [brightest] [,] [and] [the] [white] [snow] [on] [the] [ground] [made] [it] [seem] [brighter] [still] [.] 1 jolly 2 , 1 jolly 3 round 1 jolly 4 , 1 jolly 5 bright even [blacky] [had] to [blink] [,] [and] [he] [knew] [that] [poor] [hooty] [would] [find] [it] [harder] [still] [.] 1 even 4 to but one thing [blacky] [was] [very] [careful] [not] [to] [even] [hint] [of] , and that was [that] [mrs] [.] [hooty] [was] right [close] [at] [hand] . 1 but 2 one 2 one 3 thing 3 thing 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 that 15 that 16 was 16 was 22 right 22 right 26 . [mrs] [hooty] [is] [bigger] [and] [even] [more] [fierce] [than] [hooty] [,] [and] [blacky] [didn't] [want] [to] [frighten] [any] [of] [the] [more] [timid] [of] [his] [relatives] [.] of course , he had heard the noisy crew coming , and he knew well enough what to expect . 1 of 2 course 2 course 8 noisy 3 , 8 noisy 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 heard 6 heard 8 noisy 7 the 8 noisy 8 noisy 9 crew 8 noisy 10 coming 8 noisy 12 and 8 noisy 14 knew 11 , 12 and 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 15 well 14 knew 17 what 14 knew 20 . 15 well 16 enough 17 what 19 expect 18 to 19 expect as soon as they saw him , they began to scream as loud as ever they could and to call him all manner of names . 1 as 2 soon 2 soon 3 as 2 soon 4 they 2 soon 5 saw 2 soon 8 they 2 soon 9 began 5 saw 6 him 7 , 8 they 9 began 10 to 9 began 11 scream 9 began 19 to 9 began 25 names 11 scream 13 loud 11 scream 18 and 12 as 13 loud 13 loud 14 as 13 loud 17 could 14 as 15 ever 14 as 16 they 20 call 21 him 20 call 25 names 22 all 25 names 23 manner 24 of 23 manner 25 names 25 names 26 . so [far] [blacky] 's [plans] [were] [working] [out] just as he had [hoped] . 1 so 11 he 4 's 9 just 9 just 10 as 10 as 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 14 . [chapter] [vi] [:] [hooty] [the] [owl] [doesn't] [stay] [still] now [what's] the [good] [of] [being] [smart] [when] others do not [do] [their] [part] ? 1 now 15 ? 3 the 9 others 9 others 10 do 10 do 11 not 10 do 15 ? if [blacky] [the] [crow] [didn't] say [this] to himself , he thought it . 1 if 11 he 6 say 8 to 8 to 9 himself 9 himself 11 he 10 , 11 he 11 he 12 thought 12 thought 13 it 13 it 14 . that is where he proves that smart as he is , he isn't as smart as he thinks he is . 1 that 2 is 2 is 15 smart 3 where 4 he 3 where 5 proves 5 proves 6 that 5 proves 7 smart 5 proves 15 smart 7 smart 8 as 9 he 15 smart 10 is 15 smart 11 , 12 he 12 he 15 smart 13 isn't 15 smart 14 as 15 smart 15 smart 16 as 15 smart 18 thinks 15 smart 21 . 17 he 18 thinks 18 thinks 19 he 18 thinks 20 is he [always] thought of [hooty] the [owl] [as] [stupid] [.] 1 he 3 thought 3 thought 4 of 4 of 6 the that is , he always thought of him that way in daytime . 1 that 2 is 2 is 5 always 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 always 5 always 6 thought 6 thought 12 daytime 7 of 12 daytime 8 him 12 daytime 9 that 10 way 10 way 12 daytime 11 in 12 daytime 12 daytime 13 . no [,] in the night [blacky] was not at all [sure] that [hooty] was [stupid] . 1 no 3 in 3 in 4 the 4 the 5 night 5 night 16 . 7 was 8 not 8 not 9 at 9 at 10 all 9 at 16 . 10 all 12 that 12 that 14 was but in the daytime he was sure . 1 but 4 daytime 2 in 4 daytime 3 the 4 daytime 4 daytime 6 was 4 daytime 7 sure 4 daytime 8 . 5 he 6 was you [see] , he [quite] forgot [the] [fact] that [the] [brightness] [of] [day] is to [hooty] [what] [the] [blackness] [of] [night] [is] [to] [him] [.] 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 6 forgot 6 forgot 9 that 9 that 14 is 14 is 15 to [but] [hooty] [isn't] [stupid] [.] not a bit of it . 1 not 3 bit 2 a 3 bit 3 bit 4 of 3 bit 5 it 3 bit 6 . " [mrs] [hooty] [mustn't] [be] [disturbed] , " thought he . 1 " 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 thought 9 thought 10 he 10 he 11 . " that will never do [at] [all] . 1 " 5 do 2 that 3 will 3 will 4 never 3 will 5 do 5 do 8 . i must [lead] [these] [black] [rascals] [away] [where] [they] won't [discover] [mrs] [hooty] . 1 i 2 must 1 i 10 won't 10 won't 14 . i [certainly] must . ["] 1 i 3 must 3 must 4 . so he spread his broad wings and blundered away among the trees a little way . 1 so 2 he 2 he 8 blundered 3 spread 8 blundered 4 his 8 blundered 5 broad 8 blundered 6 wings 7 and 6 wings 8 blundered 8 blundered 9 away 8 blundered 10 among 8 blundered 12 trees 8 blundered 13 a 8 blundered 14 little 10 among 11 the 14 little 15 way 15 way 16 . he [didn't] [fly] [far] [because] [the] [instant] [he] started to [fly] [that] [whole] [noisy] [crew] [with] [the] [exception] of [blacky] [were] [after] him . 1 he 9 started 9 started 10 to 10 to 23 him 19 of 23 him 23 him 24 . because he couldn't use his claws or bill while flying , they grew bold enough to pull a few feathers out of his back . 1 because 3 couldn't 2 he 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 8 bill 4 use 6 claws 5 his 6 claws 6 claws 7 or 6 claws 8 bill 8 bill 9 while 8 bill 10 flying 8 bill 11 , 8 bill 14 bold 12 they 13 grew 13 grew 14 bold 14 bold 15 enough 14 bold 20 feathers 14 bold 25 . 15 enough 16 to 17 pull 20 feathers 18 a 19 few 19 few 20 feathers 20 feathers 21 out 20 feathers 23 his 21 out 22 of 23 his 24 back there [he] [rested] a few minutes [and] [then] [did] [the] [same] thing [over] [again] [.] 1 there 12 thing 4 a 5 few 4 a 12 thing 5 few 6 minutes no , [hooty] [wasn't] [stupid] [.] 1 no 2 , certainly not . 1 certainly 2 not 2 not 3 . blacky awoke to that fact as he sat in the top of a tall pine-tree silently watching . 1 blacky 2 awoke 1 blacky 15 pine-tree 2 awoke 5 fact 2 awoke 7 he 3 to 4 that 4 that 5 fact 6 as 7 he 8 sat 9 in 9 in 10 the 10 the 11 top 11 top 12 of 11 top 15 pine-tree 13 a 15 pine-tree 14 tall 15 pine-tree 15 pine-tree 16 silently 15 pine-tree 17 watching 15 pine-tree 18 . blacky could imagine that she was smiling to herself . 1 blacky 3 imagine 2 could 3 imagine 3 imagine 4 that 3 imagine 7 smiling 4 that 6 was 5 she 6 was 7 smiling 9 herself 7 smiling 10 . 8 to 9 herself it was clear that [she] [had] no [intention] [of] [going] [to] help [hooty] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 clear 2 was 7 no 3 clear 4 that 7 no 12 help 12 help 14 . it was very provoking . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 provoking 4 provoking 5 . [chapter] [vii] [:] [blacky] [tries] [another] [plan] when [one] [plan] [fails] [,] [just] [try] [another] [;] [declare] you ['ll] [win] [some] [way] [or] [other] [.] 1 when 11 you people who succeed are those who do not give up because they fail the first time they try . 1 people 2 who 2 who 3 succeed 3 succeed 5 those 3 succeed 13 fail 3 succeed 19 . 4 are 5 those 5 those 6 who 7 do 8 not 8 not 13 fail 9 give 10 up 9 give 13 fail 11 because 12 they 11 because 13 fail 13 fail 16 time 13 fail 17 they 13 fail 18 try 14 the 15 first 15 first 16 time they are the ones who , as soon as one plan fails , get busy right away and think of another plan and try that . 1 they 2 are 2 are 4 ones 3 the 4 ones 4 ones 5 who 4 ones 6 , 4 ones 8 soon 7 as 8 soon 8 soon 9 as 8 soon 12 fails 10 one 12 fails 11 plan 12 fails 12 fails 13 , 12 fails 14 get 12 fails 15 busy 12 fails 16 right 12 fails 18 and 12 fails 20 of 12 fails 21 another 12 fails 23 and 12 fails 24 try 16 right 17 away 19 think 20 of 21 another 22 plan 24 try 25 that 24 try 26 . if [the] [thing] they are [trying] [to] [do] [is] [a] good [thing] , [sooner] or [later] [they] [succeed] [.] 1 if 4 they 4 they 5 are 5 are 11 good 11 good 13 , 13 , 15 or if they are trying to do a wrong thing , very likely all their plans fail , as they should . 1 if 16 fail 2 they 3 are 3 are 4 trying 3 are 12 likely 4 trying 5 to 6 do 8 wrong 7 a 8 wrong 8 wrong 12 likely 9 thing 10 , 9 thing 12 likely 11 very 12 likely 12 likely 16 fail 13 all 15 plans 14 their 15 plans 15 plans 16 fail 16 fail 19 they 16 fail 20 should 16 fail 21 . 17 , 19 they 18 as 19 they now [blacky] [the] [crow] [knows] all [about] [the] [value] of [trying] [and] [trying] [.] 1 now 6 all 6 all 10 of he isn't [easily] [discouraged] [.] 1 he 2 isn't sometimes it is a pity that he isn't , because he plans so much mischief . 1 sometimes 15 mischief 2 it 3 is 2 it 8 isn't 4 a 5 pity 5 pity 8 isn't 6 that 7 he 6 that 8 isn't 8 isn't 15 mischief 9 , 10 because 10 because 11 he 10 because 12 plans 12 plans 14 much 12 plans 15 mischief 13 so 14 much 15 mischief 16 . when he [invited] [all] [his] [relatives] [to] [join] [him] [in] [tormenting] [hooty] [the] [owl] [,] he thought he had a plan that just couldn't fail . 1 when 2 he 1 when 16 he 16 he 17 thought 17 thought 21 plan 18 he 19 had 19 had 21 plan 20 a 21 plan 21 plan 25 fail 21 plan 26 . 22 that 24 couldn't 23 just 24 couldn't 24 couldn't 25 fail he felt sure that [mrs] [hooty] would [leave] [her] [nest] [and] [help] [hooty] [try] [to] [drive] [away] his [tormentors] . 1 he 2 felt 1 he 18 his 2 felt 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 3 sure 7 would 18 his 20 . not one of his relatives had noticed that nest . 1 not 5 relatives 2 one 3 of 3 of 5 relatives 4 his 5 relatives 5 relatives 7 noticed 5 relatives 9 nest 5 relatives 10 . 6 had 7 noticed 7 noticed 8 that they had been too [busy] [teasing] [hooty] [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 too this was just as [blacky] had [hoped] . 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 as 4 as 6 had 6 had 8 . he didn't want them to know about that nest because he was selfish and wanted to get those eggs just for himself alone . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 want 2 didn't 6 know 3 want 4 them 3 want 5 to 6 know 7 about 7 about 19 eggs 8 that 9 nest 9 nest 13 selfish 9 nest 19 eggs 10 because 13 selfish 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 selfish 13 selfish 14 and 13 selfish 15 wanted 15 wanted 16 to 17 get 19 eggs 18 those 19 eggs 19 eggs 20 just 19 eggs 22 himself 21 for 22 himself 22 himself 23 alone 23 alone 24 . if she did that , there would be a chance that he might slip in and get at least one of those eggs . 1 if 17 get 2 she 3 did 3 did 17 get 4 that 6 there 5 , 6 there 6 there 10 chance 7 would 8 be 7 would 10 chance 9 a 10 chance 10 chance 14 slip 10 chance 17 get 11 that 13 might 12 he 13 might 13 might 14 slip 14 slip 15 in 14 slip 16 and 17 get 23 eggs 18 at 19 least 19 least 23 eggs 20 one 22 those 21 of 22 those 22 those 23 eggs 23 eggs 24 . he would try it . 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 try 3 try 4 it 3 try 5 . then he opened his mouth . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 opened 3 opened 5 mouth 4 his 5 mouth 5 mouth 6 . " caw , caw , caw , caw ! " he screamed . 1 " 8 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 8 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 8 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 12 screamed 9 ! 10 " 9 ! 12 screamed 11 he 12 screamed 12 screamed 13 . " caw , caw , caw , caw ! 1 " 8 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 6 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 8 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 9 ! come back , everybody ! 1 come 2 back 1 come 3 , 1 come 5 ! 3 , 4 everybody here is [mrs] [hooty] [on] [her] [nest] ! 1 here 2 is 1 here 8 ! caw , caw , caw , caw ! " 1 caw 3 caw 2 , 3 caw 3 caw 5 caw 4 , 5 caw 5 caw 7 caw 6 , 7 caw 7 caw 8 ! 8 ! 9 " now [as] [soon] [as] [they] [heard] [that] , [all] [blacky] ['s] [relatives] [stopped] [chasing] and [tormenting] [hooty] and [started] [back] [as] [fast] [as] they could [fly] . 1 now 8 , 8 , 15 and 8 , 18 and 18 and 24 they 24 they 25 could 25 could 27 . they didn't like the [dark] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [into] [which] [hooty] [was] [leading] [them] [.] 1 they 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 like 3 like 4 the besides , they wanted to see that nest . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 4 wanted 3 they 4 wanted 4 wanted 5 to 4 wanted 6 see 4 wanted 8 nest 7 that 8 nest 8 nest 9 . so back they came , cawing at the top of their lungs , for they were very much excited . 1 so 6 cawing 2 back 6 cawing 3 they 6 cawing 4 came 6 cawing 5 , 6 cawing 6 cawing 12 lungs 6 cawing 17 very 7 at 12 lungs 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 12 lungs 11 their 12 lungs 12 lungs 13 , 12 lungs 14 for 12 lungs 16 were 15 they 16 were 17 very 18 much 18 much 19 excited 19 excited 20 . some of them [never] [had] [seen] [a] [nest] [of] [hooty] ['s] . 1 some 2 of 2 of 3 them 3 them 12 . and [anyway] , [it] [would] [be] just as much [fun] to [tease] [mrs] [hooty] [as] [it] [was] [to] [tease] [hooty] [.] 1 and 7 just 3 , 7 just 7 just 8 as 8 as 9 much 9 much 11 to " why , " exclaimed [one] [,] ["] that is the [old] [nest] [of] [redtail] [the] [hawk] [.] 1 " 2 why 1 " 10 is 2 why 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 exclaimed 9 that 10 is 10 is 11 the i know all about that nest . ["] 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 about 2 know 5 that 3 all 4 about 5 that 6 nest 6 nest 7 . and he looked [at] [blacky] as if he [thought] [blacky] was [playing] a [joke] [on] [them] [.] 1 and 8 he 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 6 as 6 as 7 if 6 as 8 he 8 he 11 was 11 was 13 a " it was [redtail] ['s] , but it is [hooty] ['s] [now] . 1 " 9 is 2 it 3 was 2 it 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 8 it 9 is 9 is 13 . if you don't believe me , just look in it [,] ["] [retorted] [blacky] . 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 don't 3 don't 4 believe 3 don't 8 look 3 don't 10 it 4 believe 5 me 5 me 6 , 7 just 8 look 8 look 9 in 10 it 15 . such a racket ! 1 such 3 racket 2 a 3 racket 3 racket 4 ! right [away] [hooty] [was] [forgotten] , and [the] [whole] [crowd] at once began to [torment] [mrs] [hooty] [.] 1 right 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 13 began 11 at 12 once 12 once 13 began 13 began 14 to only [blacky] [sat] [watchful] [and] [silent] [,] [waiting] [for] [mrs] [hooty] [to] [lose] [her] [temper] [and] [try] [to] [catch] one of her [tormentors] . 1 only 20 one 20 one 21 of 21 of 22 her 22 her 24 . he had hope , a great hope , that he would get one of those eggs . 1 he 2 had 2 had 16 eggs 3 hope 12 get 4 , 7 hope 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 hope 7 hope 11 would 7 hope 12 get 8 , 11 would 9 that 11 would 10 he 11 would 12 get 16 eggs 13 one 15 those 14 of 15 those 15 those 16 eggs 16 eggs 17 . [chapter] [viii] [:] [hooty] [comes] [to] [mrs] [.] [hooty] ['s] [aid] no one can live just for self alone . 1 no 2 one 2 one 7 self 3 can 4 live 4 live 7 self 5 just 6 for 5 just 7 self 7 self 8 alone 7 self 9 . a lot of people think they can , but they are very much mistaken . 1 a 2 lot 2 lot 3 of 2 lot 4 people 4 people 5 think 4 people 11 are 6 they 7 can 6 they 11 are 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 they 10 they 11 are 11 are 14 mistaken 12 very 13 much 13 much 14 mistaken 14 mistaken 15 . they are making one of the greatest mistakes in the world . 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 making 3 making 8 mistakes 4 one 5 of 4 one 8 mistakes 6 the 7 greatest 7 greatest 8 mistakes 8 mistakes 11 world 8 mistakes 12 . 9 in 11 world 10 the 11 world every teeny , weeny act , no matter what it is , affects somebody else . 1 every 2 teeny 2 teeny 3 , 2 teeny 4 weeny 4 weeny 5 act 4 weeny 6 , 4 weeny 7 no 4 weeny 8 matter 8 matter 13 affects 9 what 13 affects 10 it 11 is 11 is 13 affects 12 , 13 affects 13 affects 14 somebody 13 affects 15 else 15 else 16 . that is one of [old] [mother] [nature] ['s] [great] [laws] . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 11 . but he didn't . 1 but 3 didn't 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 . no , [sir] [,] he didn't . 1 no 2 , 2 , 5 he 5 he 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 . at first he gave a great sigh of relief and settled himself as if he meant to stay . 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 16 meant 4 gave 7 sigh 5 a 7 sigh 6 great 7 sigh 7 sigh 8 of 7 sigh 9 relief 9 relief 11 settled 10 and 11 settled 11 settled 12 himself 11 settled 16 meant 13 as 14 if 13 as 15 he 15 he 16 meant 16 meant 17 to 16 meant 18 stay 16 meant 19 . he [listened] to the [voices] of [those] [noisy] [crows] [growing] [fainter] [and] [fainter] [and] [was] [glad] . 1 he 3 to 3 to 4 the 4 the 6 of 6 of 17 . but it was only for a few minutes . 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 only 4 only 7 few 5 for 7 few 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 minutes 8 minutes 9 . presently those voices stopped growing fainter . 1 presently 6 fainter 2 those 6 fainter 3 voices 6 fainter 4 stopped 6 fainter 5 growing 6 fainter 6 fainter 7 . they grew more excited-sounding than ever , and they came right from one place . 1 they 4 excited-sounding 2 grew 4 excited-sounding 3 more 4 excited-sounding 4 excited-sounding 5 than 4 excited-sounding 6 ever 4 excited-sounding 7 , 4 excited-sounding 8 and 4 excited-sounding 9 they 4 excited-sounding 10 came 10 came 11 right 10 came 12 from 12 from 13 one 12 from 14 place 14 place 15 . he snapped his bill angrily and then more angrily . 1 he 9 angrily 2 snapped 4 bill 3 his 4 bill 4 bill 5 angrily 4 bill 8 more 4 bill 9 angrily 5 angrily 7 then 6 and 7 then 9 angrily 10 . i hate to go back there in that bright sunshine . 1 i 2 hate 1 i 4 go 3 to 4 go 4 go 5 back 4 go 6 there 6 there 7 in 7 in 10 sunshine 8 that 9 bright 9 bright 10 sunshine 10 sunshine 11 . it [hurts] [my] [eyes] , and [i] [don't] like it [,] [but] [i] [guess] [i] 'll have to go back [there] . 1 it 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 10 it 9 like 10 it 10 it 22 . 16 'll 17 have 17 have 18 to 18 to 19 go 19 go 20 back 20 back 22 . [mrs] [hooty] [needs] [my] [help] [.] i 'd rather [stay] [here] [,] [but] ["] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 3 rather he didn't finish . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 finish 3 finish 4 . instead , he spread his [broad] wings and flew back towards the [nest] [and] [mrs] [hooty] [.] 1 instead 3 he 1 instead 4 spread 2 , 3 he 4 spread 7 wings 5 his 7 wings 7 wings 8 and 7 wings 9 flew 9 flew 11 towards 10 back 11 towards 11 towards 12 the his great wings made no noise , for they are made so that he can fly without making a sound . 1 his 3 wings 2 great 3 wings 3 wings 6 noise 3 wings 13 that 3 wings 16 fly 4 made 5 no 4 made 6 noise 6 noise 11 made 7 , 9 they 8 for 9 they 9 they 10 are 9 they 11 made 12 so 13 that 13 that 14 he 15 can 16 fly 16 fly 20 sound 16 fly 21 . 17 without 18 making 18 making 20 sound 19 a 20 sound " if [i] [once] [get] [hold] [of] [one] [of] [those] [crows] ! " he [muttered] to himself . 1 " 2 if 1 " 12 ! 12 ! 13 " 12 ! 14 he 14 he 17 himself 16 to 17 himself 17 himself 18 . all this time [the] [crows] [were] [having] [what] [they] [called] [fun] [with] [mrs] [hooty] [.] 1 all 3 time 2 this 3 time nothing [is] [true] [fun] [which] [makes] [others] [uncomfortable] , but [somehow] [a] [great] [many] [people] [seem] to [forget] this [.] 1 nothing 10 but 1 nothing 17 to 9 , 10 but 17 to 19 this all of a sudden he was there , right in the tree close to the nest ! 1 all 2 of 2 of 12 tree 3 a 4 sudden 3 a 12 tree 5 he 6 was 6 was 10 in 7 there 10 in 8 , 10 in 9 right 10 in 10 in 12 tree 11 the 12 tree 12 tree 13 close 12 tree 16 nest 13 close 14 to 15 the 16 nest 16 nest 17 ! it was [lucky] , [very] [lucky] [indeed] [for] that [one] that [the] [sun] was in [hooty] 's [eyes] [and] [so] he had missed [his] [aim] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 , 4 , 21 he 9 that 17 's 9 that 21 he 11 that 14 was 11 that 17 's 14 was 15 in 21 he 22 had 22 had 23 missed otherwise [there] would have been [one] [less] [crow] . 1 otherwise 3 would 1 otherwise 9 . 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 been now it is one thing [to] [tease] [one] [lone] [owl] [and] [quite] [another] [to] [tease] [two] [together] [.] 1 now 3 is 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 thing 4 one 5 thing besides , there were those black tail feathers floating down to the snow-covered ground . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 4 were 1 besides 5 those 3 there 4 were 5 those 6 black 6 black 7 tail 7 tail 13 snow-covered 8 feathers 13 snow-covered 9 floating 13 snow-covered 10 down 13 snow-covered 11 to 13 snow-covered 12 the 13 snow-covered 13 snow-covered 14 ground 14 ground 15 . blacky was the last to go , and his heart was sorrowful . 1 blacky 2 was 2 was 4 last 2 was 12 sorrowful 3 the 4 last 5 to 6 go 6 go 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 sorrowful 9 his 10 heart 10 heart 12 sorrowful 11 was 12 sorrowful 12 sorrowful 13 . however could he get those eggs ? 1 however 6 eggs 2 could 4 get 3 he 4 get 4 get 6 eggs 5 those 6 eggs 6 eggs 7 ? [chapter] [ix] [:] [blacky] [thinks] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] " [such] [luck] ! " [grumbled] [blacky] [,] as he [flew] [over] [to] [his] [favorite] [tree] [to] [do] [a] [little] [thinking] . 1 " 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 4 ! 10 he 4 ! 22 . 9 as 10 he " such luck ! 1 " 4 ! 2 such 3 luck 3 luck 4 ! there is one thing about it , [though] , and that is [that] [if] [i] [can't] [get] [them] [,] [nobody] [can] . 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 thing 3 one 4 thing 4 thing 5 about 5 about 6 it 5 about 22 . 6 it 12 is 7 , 12 is 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 that 11 that 12 is that is to say , none of my relatives can . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 to 3 to 4 say 4 say 5 , 4 say 9 relatives 6 none 7 of 6 none 9 relatives 8 my 9 relatives 9 relatives 10 can 9 relatives 11 . i 've tried every way [i] [can] think of , and those eggs are [still] [there] [.] 1 i 2 've 1 i 8 think 2 've 3 tried 3 tried 4 every 4 every 5 way 8 think 9 of 9 of 11 and 9 of 12 those 10 , 11 and 12 those 13 eggs 12 those 14 are my , my , my , how [i] would [like] [one] [of] [them] [right] [now] ! " 1 my 2 , 1 my 3 my 3 my 4 , 3 my 5 my 5 my 6 , 5 my 7 how 7 how 9 would 7 how 16 ! 16 ! 17 " yes , [sir] , [that] [is] [what] [you] [would] [have] [thought] if you could have heard him muttering to himself there in the tree-top . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 12 if 12 if 13 you 12 if 14 could 14 could 15 have 15 have 16 heard 16 heard 17 him 16 heard 18 muttering 18 muttering 19 to 18 muttering 24 tree-top 20 himself 24 tree-top 21 there 24 tree-top 22 in 24 tree-top 23 the 24 tree-top 24 tree-top 25 . of course , that was absolute foolishness , but he made himself believe it just the same . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 6 absolute 4 that 5 was 5 was 6 absolute 6 absolute 7 foolishness 6 absolute 9 but 6 absolute 10 he 6 absolute 11 made 6 absolute 12 himself 6 absolute 18 . 8 , 9 but 12 himself 13 believe 13 believe 14 it 13 believe 15 just 15 just 17 same 16 the 17 same at least , he pretended to believe it . 1 at 2 least 2 least 5 pretended 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 pretended 5 pretended 6 to 5 pretended 7 believe 5 pretended 9 . 7 believe 8 it and the more he pretended , the angrier he grew . 1 and 8 angrier 2 the 8 angrier 3 more 8 angrier 4 he 8 angrier 5 pretended 8 angrier 6 , 8 angrier 7 the 8 angrier 8 angrier 9 he 8 angrier 10 grew 8 angrier 11 . this is often the way with people who try to wrong others . 1 this 2 is 2 is 3 often 3 often 7 people 3 often 12 others 4 the 7 people 5 way 7 people 6 with 7 people 7 people 8 who 9 try 10 to 9 try 12 others 11 wrong 12 others 12 others 13 . they grow angry with the ones they have tried to wrong . 1 they 2 grow 2 grow 3 angry 2 grow 6 ones 3 angry 4 with 5 the 6 ones 6 ones 7 they 6 ones 8 have 6 ones 9 tried 6 ones 11 wrong 6 ones 12 . 9 tried 10 to it was [right] [then] that he thought of [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 11 's 5 that 6 he 5 that 11 's 6 he 7 thought 7 thought 8 of blacky 's eyes snapped . 1 blacky 4 snapped 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 snapped 4 snapped 5 . he [remembered] [how] [,] [once] [upon] [a] [time] [,] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] had [delighted] to [rob] [nests] . 1 he 12 's 1 he 14 had 14 had 16 to 16 to 19 . [blacky] [had] [seen] [him] [take] [the] [eggs] [from] [the] [nests] [of] [blacky] ['s] [own] [relatives] [and] [from] [many] [other] [feathered] [people] [.] what he did [with] [the] [eggs] [,] [blacky] [had] [no] idea . 1 what 3 did 1 what 11 idea 2 he 3 did 11 idea 12 . just now [he] [didn't] [care] . 1 just 2 now 2 now 6 . he [would] [feel] that he was [even] [with] [hooty] . 1 he 6 was 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 was 6 was 10 . if he couldn't have those eggs himself , the next best thing would be to see some one else get them . 1 if 13 would 2 he 3 couldn't 2 he 7 himself 2 he 13 would 3 couldn't 4 have 5 those 6 eggs 6 eggs 7 himself 7 himself 8 , 7 himself 11 best 9 the 10 next 10 next 11 best 11 best 12 thing 13 would 14 be 13 would 20 get 15 to 16 see 15 to 20 get 16 see 19 else 17 some 19 else 18 one 19 else 20 get 21 them 21 them 22 . dear me , dear me , such dreadful thoughts ! 1 dear 2 me 1 dear 4 dear 3 , 4 dear 4 dear 5 me 4 dear 6 , 4 dear 8 dreadful 4 dear 10 ! 7 such 8 dreadful 8 dreadful 9 thoughts i am [afraid] that [blacky] 's [heart] was [as] [black] [as] his [coat] . 1 i 2 am 2 am 14 . 4 that 6 's 4 that 8 was 8 was 12 his 12 his 14 . and the worst of it was , he seemed to get a lot of pleasure in his wicked plans . 1 and 3 worst 2 the 3 worst 3 worst 4 of 3 worst 5 it 3 worst 13 lot 5 it 6 was 5 it 9 seemed 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 seemed 9 seemed 10 to 10 to 11 get 12 a 13 lot 13 lot 14 of 13 lot 19 plans 15 pleasure 16 in 15 pleasure 19 plans 17 his 19 plans 18 wicked 19 plans 19 plans 20 . now [right] [down] [in] [his] [heart] [he] [knew] [that] [they] [were] [wicked] [plans] , but he tried to make [excuses] [to] [himself] [.] 1 now 14 , 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 he 16 he 17 tried 17 tried 18 to 17 tried 19 make " [hooty] [the] [owl] is a [robber] , " said he . 1 " 5 is 1 " 8 , 5 is 6 a 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 12 . " [everybody] [is] afraid of him . 1 " 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 of 4 afraid 6 him 6 him 7 . he lives on other people , and so far as [i] know [he] [does] [no] [good] in the world . 1 he 2 lives 2 lives 5 people 3 on 4 other 4 other 5 people 5 people 9 far 5 people 12 know 5 people 19 world 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 so 8 so 9 far 9 far 10 as 17 in 19 world 18 the 19 world 19 world 20 . he is big and fierce , and no one loves him . 1 he 2 is 1 he 10 loves 3 big 5 fierce 4 and 5 fierce 5 fierce 10 loves 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 loves 8 no 9 one 9 one 10 loves 10 loves 11 him 11 him 12 . [the] [green] [forest] [would] [be] [better] [off] [without] [him] [.] so [if] [i] [show] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] that [nest] [and] he [takes] [those] [eggs] [,] [i] [will] [be] [doing] [a] [kindness] [to] [my] [neighbors] . ["] 1 so 9 that 1 so 12 he 12 he 26 . and all the time he [watched] [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 1 and 2 all 2 all 3 the 2 all 4 time 4 time 5 he [chapter] [x] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [hooty] farmer [brown] 's boy [had] [taken] [it] [into] his [head] [to] [visit] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 9 his 9 his 16 . blacky [the] [crow] saw him [coming] , and [blacky] [chuckled] [to] [himself] [.] 1 blacky 4 saw 4 saw 5 him 5 him 8 and 7 , 8 and he had watched every day for a week for just this thing . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 watched 3 watched 4 every 4 every 5 day 4 every 8 week 4 every 12 thing 6 for 8 week 7 a 8 week 8 week 9 for 10 just 12 thing 11 this 12 thing 12 thing 13 . now he would tell [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [about] [that] [nest] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] [.] 1 now 4 tell 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 tell " caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " shouted [blacky] [.] 1 " 10 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 6 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 10 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 10 caw 9 , 10 caw 10 caw 13 shouted 11 ! 12 " 11 ! 13 shouted at once all his relatives within hearing hurried over to join him . 1 at 2 once 2 once 5 relatives 3 all 5 relatives 4 his 5 relatives 5 relatives 7 hearing 5 relatives 8 hurried 5 relatives 11 join 5 relatives 13 . 6 within 7 hearing 8 hurried 9 over 10 to 11 join 11 join 12 him they knew that he was [tormenting] [hooty] [,] [and] [they] [wanted] [to] [join] in the [fun] [.] 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 14 in 14 in 15 the it wasn't long before [there] was [a] [great] [racket] going on [over] [in] that [lonesome] [corner] of the [green] [forest] [.] 1 it 2 wasn't 1 it 6 was 2 wasn't 3 long 3 long 4 before 6 was 10 going 10 going 11 on 11 on 18 the 14 that 17 of 17 of 18 the of course [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [heard] it . 1 of 2 course 2 course 8 it 8 it 9 . he stopped and listened . 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 4 listened 3 and 4 listened 4 listened 5 . " [now] [i] [wonder] what [blacky] [and] [his] [friends] have [found] [this] [time] , " said he . 1 " 5 what 1 " 16 said 5 what 10 have 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 17 he 16 said 18 . " [whenever] [they] [make] [a] [fuss] like that [,] [there] is [usually] something to see [there] . 1 " 7 like 7 like 8 that 8 that 11 is 11 is 13 something 13 something 14 to 14 to 15 see 15 see 17 . i believe [i] 'll so over and have a look . ["] 1 i 2 believe 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 6 over 4 'll 8 have 4 'll 10 look 5 so 6 over 6 over 7 and 8 have 9 a 10 look 11 . blacky was the first to see him because he was watching for him . 1 blacky 11 watching 2 was 4 first 2 was 11 watching 3 the 4 first 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 him 6 see 11 watching 8 because 9 he 8 because 10 was 10 was 11 watching 11 watching 12 for 11 watching 13 him 13 him 14 . blacky went with them a little way . 1 blacky 7 way 2 went 3 with 2 went 7 way 3 with 4 them 3 with 5 a 5 a 6 little 7 way 8 . " that ['s] [an] [old] [nest] [of] [red-tail] [the] [hawk] , " thought he . 1 " 2 that 1 " 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 thought 13 thought 14 he 14 he 15 . " [i] [found] that [last] [spring] [.] 1 " 4 that now what can there be [there] [to] [excite] [those] [crows] [so] ? " 1 now 2 what 2 what 3 can 2 what 12 ? 3 can 5 be 4 there 5 be 12 ? 13 " then he caught sight of [hooty] the [owl] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 caught 3 caught 4 sight 4 sight 5 of 5 of 7 the " [ha] , so [that's] it ! " he [exclaimed] . 1 " 6 it 1 " 7 ! 3 , 4 so 4 so 6 it 7 ! 8 " 7 ! 9 he 9 he 11 . " [those] [scamps] [have] [discovered] [hooty] [and] have [been] [having] no [end] [of] [fun] [tormenting] [him] [.] 1 " 11 no 8 have 11 no i wonder what he 's doing there . " 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 3 what 3 what 6 doing 4 he 6 doing 5 's 6 doing 6 doing 7 there 7 there 8 . 8 . 9 " hooty saw him [,] [but] [instead] [of] [flying] [away] , [he] snapped his bill just as he had [at] the [crows] and [hissed] [.] 1 hooty 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 3 him 22 and 10 , 17 he 10 , 22 and 12 snapped 14 bill 13 his 14 bill 14 bill 15 just 15 just 16 as 16 as 17 he 17 he 18 had 18 had 20 the " that ['s] [funny] , " [thought] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [.] 1 " 2 that 1 " 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 10 's 10 's 11 boy he walked in a circle around the tree , looking up . 1 he 2 walked 2 walked 5 circle 3 in 5 circle 4 a 5 circle 5 circle 6 around 5 circle 8 tree 5 circle 10 looking 5 circle 12 . 7 the 8 tree 9 , 10 looking 10 looking 11 up suddenly he gave a little start . 1 suddenly 3 gave 2 he 3 gave 3 gave 5 little 3 gave 6 start 4 a 5 little 6 start 7 . was that a tail sticking over the edge of the nest ? 1 was 2 that 1 was 5 sticking 3 a 5 sticking 4 tail 5 sticking 5 sticking 8 edge 5 sticking 11 nest 6 over 8 edge 7 the 8 edge 8 edge 9 of 8 edge 10 the 11 nest 12 ? he found a stick and threw it up . 1 he 6 threw 2 found 4 stick 3 a 4 stick 4 stick 6 threw 5 and 6 threw 6 threw 7 it 6 threw 8 up 8 up 9 . it struck the bottom of the nest , and out flew a great bird . 1 it 2 struck 2 struck 4 bottom 3 the 4 bottom 4 bottom 5 of 4 bottom 7 nest 4 bottom 15 . 6 the 7 nest 7 nest 11 flew 7 nest 13 great 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 flew 10 out 11 flew 12 a 13 great 13 great 14 bird it was [mrs] [hooty] ! 1 it 2 was 1 it 5 ! blacky [the] [crow] chuckled . 1 blacky 4 chuckled 4 chuckled 5 . [chapter] [xi] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [tempted] when you 're [tempted] to [do] [wrong] [is] [the] [time] [to] [prove] [you] 're [strong] [.] 1 when 14 're 2 you 3 're 2 you 14 're 3 're 5 to shut your eyes [and] [clench] [each] [fist] [;] [it] [will] [help] [you] [to] [resist] [.] 1 shut 3 eyes 2 your 3 eyes when a bird is found sitting on a nest , it is a pretty sure sign that that nest holds something worth while . 1 when 3 bird 2 a 3 bird 3 bird 4 is 3 bird 6 sitting 3 bird 9 nest 5 found 6 sitting 6 sitting 7 on 8 a 9 nest 9 nest 10 , 9 nest 20 holds 11 it 12 is 12 is 14 pretty 13 a 14 pretty 14 pretty 20 holds 15 sure 16 sign 16 sign 20 holds 17 that 20 holds 18 that 20 holds 19 nest 20 holds 20 holds 22 worth 21 something 22 worth 22 worth 23 while 22 worth 24 . it is a sign that that bird has set up housekeeping . 1 it 2 is 2 is 11 housekeeping 3 a 4 sign 4 sign 5 that 4 sign 6 that 4 sign 7 bird 7 bird 11 housekeeping 8 has 11 housekeeping 9 set 11 housekeeping 10 up 11 housekeeping 11 housekeeping 12 . perhaps [i] [should] [say] [that] he [knew] [what] [it] [ought] [to] [mean] . 1 perhaps 6 he 6 he 13 . it [ought] [to] [mean] that [there] were [eggs] [in] [that] [nest] [.] 1 it 5 that 5 that 7 were but it was hard [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to believe that [.] 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 was 2 it 4 hard 4 hard 10 to 4 hard 11 believe 11 believe 12 that why , [spring] had not [come] [yet] [!] 1 why 2 , 1 why 5 not 4 had 5 not there was still snow , and [the] [smiling] [pool] [was] [still] [covered] [with] ice . 1 there 2 was 1 there 4 snow 3 still 4 snow 4 snow 6 and 4 snow 14 ice 5 , 6 and 14 ice 15 . who ever heard of birds nesting at this time of year ? 1 who 6 nesting 2 ever 6 nesting 3 heard 6 nesting 4 of 6 nesting 5 birds 6 nesting 6 nesting 7 at 6 nesting 8 this 6 nesting 9 time 6 nesting 10 of 6 nesting 11 year 6 nesting 12 ? certainly not [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 1 certainly 2 not 2 not 7 . it was very puzzling . 1 it 4 puzzling 2 was 4 puzzling 3 very 4 puzzling 4 puzzling 5 . " [if] [hooty] [and] [his] [wife] [have] [taken] it [for] [their] [home] , they are [mighty] [poor] [housekeepers] . 1 " 15 are 9 it 13 , 13 , 14 they 14 they 15 are 15 are 19 . and [if] [mrs] [hooty] [has] [laid] [eggs] this time [of] [year] [,] [she] [must] [be] [crazy] . 1 and 8 this 8 this 9 time 9 time 17 . i suppose the way to find out is to climb up there . 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 10 climb 3 the 4 way 4 way 5 to 5 to 6 find 5 to 10 climb 6 find 7 out 8 is 9 to 9 to 10 climb 10 climb 11 up 10 climb 12 there 10 climb 13 . it seems foolish [,] [but] [i] ['m] going to do it . 1 it 2 seems 2 seems 3 foolish 2 seems 9 to 8 going 9 to 9 to 10 do 9 to 12 . 10 do 11 it those [owls] certainly [act] [as] [if] [they] [are] [mighty] [anxious] [about] [something] [,] [and] [i] ['m] [going] [to] [find] [out] [what] [it] [is] [.] ["] 1 those 3 certainly he had no desire to feel these great claws . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 no 3 no 4 desire 4 desire 5 to 4 desire 9 claws 6 feel 9 claws 7 these 9 claws 8 great 9 claws 9 claws 10 . when he had found a stick to suit him , he began to climb the tree . 1 when 2 he 1 when 4 found 3 had 4 found 4 found 14 climb 5 a 6 stick 6 stick 7 to 6 stick 8 suit 8 suit 9 him 8 suit 14 climb 10 , 11 he 11 he 14 climb 12 began 13 to 12 began 14 climb 14 climb 16 tree 15 the 16 tree 16 tree 17 . [hooty] [and] [mrs] [hooty] [snapped] [their] [bills] [and] [hissed] [fiercely] [.] they drew nearer . 1 they 2 drew 2 drew 3 nearer 3 nearer 4 . farmer [brown] 's boy [kept] [a] [watchful] [eye] [on] [them] . 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 11 . they looked so big and fierce that he was almost tempted to give up and leave them in peace . 1 they 2 looked 2 looked 6 fierce 3 so 6 fierce 4 big 6 fierce 5 and 6 fierce 6 fierce 11 tempted 7 that 11 tempted 8 he 11 tempted 9 was 11 tempted 10 almost 11 tempted 11 tempted 12 to 11 tempted 13 give 11 tempted 16 leave 13 give 14 up 14 up 15 and 16 leave 17 them 16 leave 19 peace 18 in 19 peace 19 peace 20 . but he just had to find out if there was anything in that nest , so he kept on . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 just 2 he 4 had 2 he 18 kept 4 had 5 to 6 find 7 out 6 find 11 anything 8 if 11 anything 9 there 10 was 9 there 11 anything 11 anything 14 nest 12 in 14 nest 13 that 14 nest 14 nest 18 kept 15 , 18 kept 16 so 18 kept 17 he 18 kept 18 kept 19 on 19 on 20 . as he drew near it [,] [mrs] [hooty] [swooped] [very] [near] to him , and the snap of her bill made an ugly sound . 1 as 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 near 4 near 13 him 4 near 16 the 4 near 17 snap 5 it 12 to 12 to 13 him 13 him 15 and 14 , 15 and 17 snap 18 of 17 snap 20 bill 17 snap 21 made 17 snap 23 ugly 19 her 20 bill 22 an 23 ugly 23 ugly 24 sound 23 ugly 25 . he held his stick ready to strike and kept on . 1 he 9 kept 2 held 3 his 2 held 7 strike 4 stick 7 strike 5 ready 6 to 5 ready 7 strike 7 strike 9 kept 8 and 9 kept 9 kept 10 on 10 on 11 . the nest was simply a great platform of sticks . 1 the 7 platform 2 nest 7 platform 3 was 4 simply 4 simply 7 platform 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 platform 7 platform 9 sticks 7 platform 10 . 8 of 9 sticks almost at once his fingers touched something that made him tingle all over . 1 almost 5 fingers 2 at 3 once 3 once 5 fingers 4 his 5 fingers 5 fingers 11 tingle 6 touched 11 tingle 7 something 11 tingle 8 that 11 tingle 9 made 11 tingle 10 him 11 tingle 11 tingle 12 all 11 tingle 13 over 11 tingle 14 . it was an egg , a great big egg ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 an 3 an 4 egg 3 an 9 egg 5 , 6 a 6 a 7 great 7 great 8 big 8 big 9 egg 9 egg 10 ! there was no doubt about it . 1 there 2 was 1 there 4 doubt 3 no 4 doubt 4 doubt 5 about 5 about 6 it 6 it 7 . farmer [brown] 's boy ['s] [fingers] [closed] [over] [that] [egg] and [took] [it] [out] [of] [the] [nest] [.] 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 11 and [mrs] [hooty] [swooped] [very] [close] [,] [and] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [nearly] [dropped] [the] [egg] [as] [he] [struck] [at] [her] [with] [his] [stick] [.] then [mrs] [hooty] [and] [hooty] [seemed] [to] [lose] [courage] [and] [withdrew] [to] [a] [tree] [near] [by] , [where] they [snapped] [their] [bills] [and] [hissed] [.] 1 then 19 they 17 , 19 they then [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] looked [at] [the] [prize] [in] [his] [hand] [.] 1 then 6 looked it was a big , dirty-white egg . 1 it 6 dirty-white 2 was 6 dirty-white 3 a 6 dirty-white 4 big 6 dirty-white 5 , 6 dirty-white 6 dirty-white 7 egg 6 dirty-white 8 . his eyes shone . 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 shone 2 eyes 4 . what a splendid prize to add to his collection of birds ' eggs ! 1 what 14 ! 2 a 3 splendid 3 splendid 9 collection 3 splendid 14 ! 4 prize 9 collection 5 to 6 add 6 add 7 to 6 add 8 his 6 add 9 collection 9 collection 10 of 9 collection 11 birds 9 collection 13 eggs 11 birds 12 ' it was the first [egg] [of] [the] [great] [horned] [owl] , [the] [largest] [of] all [owls] [,] that he ever had seen . 1 it 2 was 1 it 11 , 2 was 4 first 3 the 4 first 11 , 19 he 15 all 18 that 18 that 19 he 19 he 21 had 20 ever 21 had 21 had 22 seen 22 seen 23 . once more he felt in the nest and found there was another egg there . 1 once 2 more 1 once 4 felt 1 once 14 there 2 more 3 he 3 he 4 felt 4 felt 13 egg 5 in 7 nest 6 the 7 nest 7 nest 8 and 7 nest 13 egg 9 found 13 egg 10 there 11 was 10 there 12 another 12 another 13 egg 14 there 15 . " [i] 'll [take] [both] of them , " said he . 1 " 3 'll 1 " 10 said 6 of 7 them 7 them 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 12 . " it ['s] the first [nest] [of] [hooty] ['s] [that] [i] ['ve] [ever] [found] , and [perhaps] [i] 'll [never] find [another] . 1 " 2 it 1 " 19 'll 4 the 5 first 5 first 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 'll 19 'll 21 find 21 find 23 . [gee] [,] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [came] [over] [here] [to] [find] [out] [what] [those] [crows] [were] [making] [such] [a] [fuss] [about] [.] i wonder if [i] can get these down without breaking them [.] ["] 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 3 if 3 if 5 can 5 can 6 get 6 get 9 without 7 these 9 without 8 down 9 without 9 without 10 breaking 10 breaking 11 them just at that very minute he remembered something . 1 just 5 minute 2 at 5 minute 3 that 4 very 4 very 5 minute 5 minute 7 remembered 5 minute 9 . 6 he 7 remembered 7 remembered 8 something he remembered that he had stopped collecting eggs . 1 he 2 remembered 2 remembered 3 that 2 remembered 5 had 2 remembered 7 collecting 4 he 5 had 6 stopped 7 collecting 7 collecting 8 eggs 8 eggs 9 . he remembered that he had resolved never to take another bird 's egg . 1 he 2 remembered 2 remembered 3 that 2 remembered 5 had 2 remembered 6 resolved 4 he 5 had 6 resolved 7 never 6 resolved 8 to 6 resolved 9 take 6 resolved 10 another 6 resolved 11 bird 11 bird 13 egg 12 's 13 egg 13 egg 14 . " but this is different , " whispered the tempter . 1 " 10 tempter 2 but 4 is 3 this 4 is 4 is 10 tempter 5 different 10 tempter 6 , 8 whispered 7 " 8 whispered 8 whispered 10 tempter 9 the 10 tempter 10 tempter 11 . " [this] [isn't] [like] [taking] the [eggs] of the little [song] [birds] . " 1 " 14 " 6 the 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 little 10 little 13 . 13 . 14 " [chapter] [xii] [:] [a] [tree-top] [battle] as black is black and white is white , [so] wrong is wrong and right is right . 1 as 2 black 2 black 8 white 3 is 4 black 4 black 5 and 4 black 6 white 4 black 8 white 6 white 7 is 8 white 9 , 8 white 13 wrong 11 wrong 13 wrong 12 is 13 wrong 13 wrong 14 and 13 wrong 15 right 13 wrong 17 right 13 wrong 18 . 16 is 17 right there isn't any half way about it . 1 there 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 any 2 isn't 4 half 2 isn't 7 it 4 half 5 way 6 about 7 it 7 it 8 . a thing [is] [wrong] [or] it is right , and that is [all] [there] is [to] [it] [.] 1 a 2 thing 2 thing 15 is 6 it 12 is 6 it 15 is 7 is 8 right 8 right 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 that 11 that 12 is they try to compromise . 1 they 4 compromise 2 try 4 compromise 3 to 4 compromise 4 compromise 5 . to compromise is to do neither one thing nor the other but a little of both . 1 to 2 compromise 2 compromise 3 is 2 compromise 4 to 2 compromise 5 do 2 compromise 6 neither 2 compromise 17 . 6 neither 9 nor 6 neither 11 other 7 one 8 thing 8 thing 9 nor 10 the 11 other 11 other 12 but 11 other 14 little 11 other 15 of 11 other 16 both 13 a 14 little but you can't do that with right and wrong . 1 but 3 can't 2 you 3 can't 3 can't 4 do 4 do 9 wrong 5 that 9 wrong 6 with 9 wrong 7 right 8 and 7 right 9 wrong 9 wrong 10 . no , he wasn't [fighting] [with] [hooty] [or] [mrs] [hooty] . 1 no 2 , 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 11 . he was fighting a battle right inside himself . 1 he 2 was 1 he 8 himself 3 fighting 5 battle 4 a 5 battle 5 battle 6 right 5 battle 7 inside 5 battle 8 himself 8 himself 9 . it was a battle between right and wrong . 1 it 2 was 2 was 8 wrong 3 a 4 battle 4 battle 5 between 4 battle 8 wrong 6 right 7 and 6 right 8 wrong 8 wrong 9 . he bad declared that never again would he steal an egg from a bird . 1 he 3 declared 2 bad 3 declared 3 declared 4 that 3 declared 5 never 3 declared 7 would 3 declared 8 he 3 declared 9 steal 3 declared 15 . 5 never 6 again 9 steal 11 egg 9 steal 12 from 9 steal 14 bird 10 an 11 egg 13 a 14 bird but never before had [he] found [a] [nest] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 1 but 2 never 2 never 3 before 3 before 4 had 3 before 13 . 4 had 6 found those two big eggs would add ever so much to his collection . 1 those 4 eggs 2 two 4 eggs 3 big 4 eggs 4 eggs 6 add 4 eggs 13 . 5 would 6 add 6 add 12 collection 7 ever 9 much 7 ever 12 collection 8 so 9 much 10 to 12 collection 11 his 12 collection " take ' em , " said a little voice inside . 1 " 7 said 2 take 3 ' 3 ' 4 em 3 ' 7 said 5 , 7 said 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 voice 7 said 12 . 8 a 9 little 8 a 10 voice 10 voice 11 inside " [hooty] is a [robber] [.] 1 " 3 is 3 is 4 a you will be doing a kindness to the other birds by taking them . " 1 you 2 will 1 you 4 doing 2 will 3 be 4 doing 6 kindness 5 a 6 kindness 6 kindness 7 to 6 kindness 10 birds 6 kindness 11 by 6 kindness 12 taking 8 the 10 birds 9 other 10 birds 12 taking 13 them 13 them 14 . 14 . 15 " " don't do it , " said another little voice . 1 " 2 don't 1 " 7 said 2 don't 3 do 3 do 4 it 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 10 voice 7 said 11 . 8 another 10 voice 9 little 10 voice it is just as much stealing to take his eggs as to take the eggs of any other bird . 1 it 2 is 1 it 3 just 3 just 4 as 3 just 6 stealing 5 much 6 stealing 6 stealing 15 eggs 7 to 8 take 8 take 9 his 8 take 15 eggs 10 eggs 11 as 10 eggs 15 eggs 12 to 13 take 13 take 15 eggs 14 the 15 eggs 15 eggs 16 of 15 eggs 18 other 15 eggs 19 bird 15 eggs 20 . 17 any 18 other he has just as much [right] to them as [jenny] [wren] [has] [to] [hers] . ["] 1 he 2 has 1 he 15 . 2 has 3 just 3 just 4 as 3 just 9 as 4 as 5 much 5 much 7 to 8 them 9 as " take one and leave one , " said the first voice . 1 " 2 take 1 " 9 said 2 take 3 one 2 take 5 leave 2 take 6 one 4 and 5 leave 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 the 9 said 13 . 10 the 11 first 11 first 12 voice " that will [be] just as much [stealing] as if you [took] [both] , " said the [second] voice . 1 " 3 will 1 " 16 said 2 that 3 will 5 just 6 as 5 just 9 as 6 as 7 much 9 as 10 if 10 if 11 you 11 you 15 " 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 19 voice 16 said 20 . 17 the 19 voice " besides , you [will] [be] [breaking] your own [word] . 1 " 3 , 1 " 4 you 2 besides 3 , 4 you 8 your 8 your 9 own 9 own 11 . you said [that] [you] [never] would take another [egg] . ["] 1 you 2 said 2 said 10 . 6 would 7 take 7 take 8 another 8 another 10 . " [i] [didn't] [promise] [anybody] but [myself] , " [declared] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] right [out] [loud] . 1 " 6 but 1 " 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 13 's 13 's 15 right 15 right 18 . " [a] [promise] [to] [yourself] ought to be [just] [as] [good] [as] a [promise] [to] [any] [one] [else] [.] 1 " 6 ought 6 ought 7 to 6 ought 8 be 8 be 13 a i don't wonder [hooty] [hisses] at you , " said the [good] [little] [voice] [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 wonder 2 don't 7 you 3 wonder 6 at 7 you 9 " 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 11 the " and think how mean and small and cheap you 'll feel every time you look at them , " added the good little voice . 1 " 3 think 2 and 3 think 3 think 9 cheap 4 how 9 cheap 5 mean 9 cheap 6 and 9 cheap 7 small 8 and 7 small 9 cheap 9 cheap 11 'll 9 cheap 12 feel 9 cheap 13 every 9 cheap 17 at 10 you 11 'll 13 every 14 time 14 time 15 you 16 look 17 at 17 at 22 the 18 them 19 , 19 , 21 added 20 " 21 added 21 added 22 the 22 the 24 little 23 good 24 little 24 little 25 voice 25 voice 26 . besides , wrong is wrong and right is right , always [.] ["] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 5 wrong 1 besides 10 , 1 besides 11 always 3 wrong 5 wrong 4 is 5 wrong 5 wrong 6 and 5 wrong 7 right 5 wrong 9 right 8 is 9 right [slowly] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [reached] [over] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [nest] [and] [put] [back] [the] [egg] [.] then he began to climb down the tree . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 began 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 climb 5 climb 6 down 5 climb 8 tree 7 the 8 tree 8 tree 9 . when he reached the ground he went off a little way and watched . 1 when 3 reached 1 when 6 he 1 when 7 went 2 he 3 reached 3 reached 5 ground 4 the 5 ground 7 went 8 off 7 went 11 way 7 went 12 and 9 a 10 little 10 little 11 way 12 and 13 watched 13 watched 14 . almost at once [mrs] [hooty] [flew] [to] [the] [nest] [and] [settled] [down] [on] [the] [eggs] [,] [while] [hooty] [mounted] [guard] [close] [by] [.] 1 almost 3 once 2 at 3 once " [i] 'm [glad] [i] [didn't] take ' em , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 1 " 3 'm 1 " 12 said 7 take 8 ' 8 ' 9 em 8 ' 12 said 10 , 12 said 11 " 12 said 12 said 17 . " [yes] , [sir] , [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [didn't] [take] ' em . " 1 " 3 , 3 , 15 " 5 , 15 " 12 ' 13 em 13 em 14 . 14 . 15 " [chapter] [xiii] [:] [blacky] [has] [a] [change] [of] [heart] blacky [the] [crow] [isn't] [all] black . 1 blacky 6 black 6 black 7 . no , indeed . 1 no 2 , 2 , 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 . his coat is black , and sometimes it seems as if his heart is all black , but this isn't so . 1 his 2 coat 2 coat 3 is 2 coat 4 black 2 coat 6 and 2 coat 7 sometimes 2 coat 16 black 5 , 6 and 7 sometimes 9 seems 8 it 9 seems 9 seems 11 if 10 as 11 if 12 his 13 heart 12 his 16 black 13 heart 14 is 14 is 15 all 16 black 20 isn't 16 black 22 . 17 , 18 but 18 but 20 isn't 19 this 20 isn't 20 isn't 21 so it certainly seemed as if his heart was all black when he tried so hard to make trouble for [hooty] [the] [owl] [.] 1 it 2 certainly 1 it 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 as 4 as 5 if 4 as 12 he 6 his 7 heart 7 heart 8 was 8 was 10 black 8 was 11 when 9 all 10 black 11 when 12 he 12 he 13 tried 13 tried 15 hard 13 tried 16 to 13 tried 17 make 14 so 15 hard 17 make 18 trouble 18 trouble 19 for you see , it didn't seem at all wrong to try to get those eggs . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 it 4 it 9 wrong 5 didn't 6 seem 5 didn't 9 wrong 6 seem 8 all 7 at 8 all 9 wrong 15 eggs 9 wrong 16 . 10 to 13 get 11 try 12 to 11 try 13 get 13 get 15 eggs 14 those 15 eggs blacky was hungry , and those eggs would have given him a good meal . 1 blacky 7 eggs 2 was 3 hungry 3 hungry 4 , 3 hungry 5 and 3 hungry 7 eggs 6 those 7 eggs 7 eggs 10 given 8 would 9 have 9 have 10 given 10 given 11 him 10 given 14 meal 12 a 14 meal 13 good 14 meal 14 meal 15 . and most of the [other] [little] [people] of the [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] [would] [have] [felt] the [same] way [about] [it] . 1 and 2 most 2 most 3 of 3 of 4 the 4 the 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 21 way 19 the 21 way 21 way 24 . you see , it is one of the [laws] of [old] [mother] [nature] [that] [each] [one] must learn to look out for himself . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 6 one 6 one 7 of 7 of 8 the 8 the 10 of 10 of 24 . 17 must 18 learn 18 learn 19 to 19 to 20 look 19 to 23 himself 20 look 21 out 20 look 22 for 23 himself 24 . he was doing something then which was pure meanness . 1 he 9 meanness 1 he 10 . 2 was 9 meanness 3 doing 9 meanness 4 something 9 meanness 5 then 9 meanness 6 which 9 meanness 7 was 9 meanness 8 pure 9 meanness he was [just] trying to [make] [trouble] [for] [hooty] [,] [to] get [even] [because] [hooty] had been [too] [smart] for [him] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 16 had 2 was 4 trying 4 trying 5 to 4 trying 12 get 16 had 17 been 17 been 20 for 20 for 22 . he felt sure that he would take both eggs . 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 3 sure 6 would 3 sure 9 eggs 5 he 6 would 7 take 9 eggs 8 both 9 eggs 9 eggs 10 . he hoped so , anyway . 1 he 2 hoped 2 hoped 3 so 2 hoped 5 anyway 4 , 5 anyway 5 anyway 6 . he just couldn't believe what he saw . 1 he 3 couldn't 1 he 7 saw 1 he 8 . 2 just 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 believe 5 what 6 he 6 he 7 saw at first he was dreadfully disappointed and angry . 1 at 2 first 2 first 8 angry 3 he 8 angry 4 was 8 angry 5 dreadfully 6 disappointed 5 dreadfully 7 and 5 dreadfully 8 angry 8 angry 9 . it looked very much as if he [weren't] [going] [to] [get] [even] [with] [hooty] after all . 1 it 16 all 2 looked 3 very 2 looked 15 after 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 as 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 he 15 after 16 all 16 all 17 . he flew over to his favorite tree to think things over . 1 he 2 flew 2 flew 3 over 2 flew 4 to 2 flew 6 favorite 2 flew 11 over 5 his 6 favorite 6 favorite 7 tree 6 favorite 10 things 8 to 9 think 9 think 10 things 11 over 12 . now sometimes it is a good thing to sit by oneself and think things over . 1 now 4 is 2 sometimes 4 is 3 it 4 is 4 is 6 good 5 a 6 good 6 good 11 oneself 7 thing 11 oneself 8 to 11 oneself 9 sit 11 oneself 10 by 11 oneself 11 oneself 12 and 11 oneself 13 think 11 oneself 14 things 11 oneself 15 over 11 oneself 16 . it gives the little small voice deep down inside a chance to be heard . 1 it 2 gives 2 gives 9 inside 2 gives 11 chance 3 the 4 little 4 little 9 inside 5 small 9 inside 6 voice 7 deep 6 voice 9 inside 7 deep 8 down 10 a 11 chance 11 chance 12 to 11 chance 14 heard 11 chance 15 . 12 to 13 be it was just that way with [blacky] [now] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 just 3 just 5 way 4 that 5 way 5 way 6 with the [longer] [he] [thought] [,] [the] [meaner] [his] [action] [in] [calling] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy looked [.] 1 the 15 boy 15 boy 16 looked blacky hung his head . 1 blacky 2 hung 2 hung 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 . he knew that it was true . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 6 true 4 it 5 was 4 it 6 true 6 true 7 . at last [blacky] [threw] [up] [his] [head] [and] [chuckled] , and this time his [chuckle] was [good] [to] [hear] . 1 at 2 last 1 at 20 . 2 last 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 16 was 12 this 13 time 12 this 16 was 13 time 14 his " [i] 'm glad that [farmer] [brown] 's boy [didn't] [take] [those] [eggs] , " said he [right] [out] [loud] . 1 " 8 's 1 " 15 " 3 'm 4 glad 4 glad 5 that 5 that 8 's 8 's 9 boy 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 said 16 said 17 he 16 said 21 . " yes , sir , [i] 'm [glad] . 1 " 2 yes 2 yes 3 , 2 yes 4 sir 2 yes 5 , 2 yes 7 'm 7 'm 9 . i 'll never do such a thing as that again . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 never 3 never 5 such 3 never 10 again 4 do 5 such 5 such 6 a 5 such 7 thing 5 such 8 as 5 such 9 that 10 again 11 . i 'm ashamed of [what] [i] [did] [;] [yet] [i] 'm glad [i] [did] it . 1 i 2 'm 1 i 11 'm 2 'm 3 ashamed 3 ashamed 4 of 11 'm 12 glad 12 glad 15 it 15 it 16 . i 'm glad because [i] 've learned some things . 1 i 2 'm 1 i 6 've 2 'm 3 glad 3 glad 4 because 6 've 7 learned 7 learned 9 things 8 some 9 things 9 things 10 . i 've [learned] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [isn't] as much to be feared as he used to be . 1 i 2 've 2 've 14 feared 10 as 11 much 11 much 14 feared 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 feared 14 feared 17 used 14 feared 20 . 15 as 16 he 15 as 17 used 17 used 18 to 17 used 19 be i ['ve] [learned] that [hooty] [isn't] as [stupid] as [i] [thought] he was . 1 i 4 that 4 that 13 was 7 as 9 as 9 as 12 he 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 . now [i] [think] [i] 'll go hunt for an honest meal [.] ["] 1 now 6 go 5 'll 6 go 6 go 7 hunt 7 hunt 8 for 7 hunt 11 meal 9 an 10 honest 10 honest 11 meal and he did . 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 . [chapter] [xiv] [:] [blacky] [makes] [a] [call] [judge] [no] [one] [by] [his] [style] [of] [dress] [;] [your] [ignorance] [you] [thus] [confess] [.] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] " caw , caw , caw , caw . " 1 " 8 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 8 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 8 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 10 " 9 . 10 " there was no need of looking to see who that was . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 no 1 there 11 was 3 no 4 need 4 need 5 of 4 need 6 looking 4 need 7 to 7 to 8 see 9 who 11 was 10 that 11 was 11 was 12 . peter [rabbit] knew without looking [.] 1 peter 5 looking 3 knew 4 without 4 without 5 looking [mrs] [quack] [knew] [without] [looking] [.] just the same , [both] [looked] [up] [.] 1 just 3 same 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 , just [alighting] in [the] [top] [of] [a] [tall] [tree] [was] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 1 just 3 in " [i] [hope] [i] [am] [not] [interrupting] [any] [secret] [gossip] . " 1 " 12 " 11 . 12 " " not at all , ["] [peter] [hastened] [to] [say] . 1 " 2 not 2 not 3 at 3 at 4 all 3 at 11 . 4 all 5 , " [mrs] [quack] [was] [just] [telling] me [of] [the] [troubles] [and] [clangers] [in] [bringing] [up] [a] [young] [family] [in] [the] [far] [north] . 1 " 7 me 7 me 23 . how did you know [the] [quacks] [had] [arrived] ? " 1 how 2 did 1 how 9 ? 2 did 4 know 3 you 4 know 9 ? 10 " blacky chuckled hoarsely . 1 blacky 3 hoarsely 2 chuckled 3 hoarsely 3 hoarsely 4 . " [i] [didn't] , " said he . 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 . [mr] [quack] [,] [you] [and] [mrs] [quack] [are] [looking] [very] [fine] [this] [fall] [.] and [those] [handsome] [young] [quacks] [,] you don't mean to tell me that [they] [are] [your] [children] ! " 1 and 7 you 7 you 12 me 8 don't 9 mean 9 mean 10 to 9 mean 11 tell 11 tell 12 me 12 me 13 that 12 me 18 ! 18 ! 19 " [mrs] [quack] [nodded] [proudly] [.] " they are , " said she . 1 " 3 are 1 " 6 said 2 they 3 are 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 she 6 said 8 . " they are a credit to their parents . 1 " 3 are 2 they 3 are 3 are 5 credit 4 a 5 credit 5 credit 6 to 5 credit 8 parents 5 credit 9 . 7 their 8 parents yes , indeed , they are a credit to their parents . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 indeed 1 yes 4 , 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 are 6 are 8 credit 7 a 8 credit 8 credit 9 to 8 credit 11 parents 8 credit 12 . 10 their 11 parents never [have] [i] [seen] [finer] [young] [ducks] in all my life . 1 never 11 life 8 in 11 life 9 all 11 life 10 my 11 life 11 life 12 . how glad the hunters with terrible guns will be to see them . " 1 how 2 glad 2 glad 7 guns 2 glad 11 see 3 the 4 hunters 4 hunters 7 guns 5 with 7 guns 6 terrible 7 guns 8 will 9 be 8 will 11 see 10 to 11 see 11 see 12 them 12 them 13 . 13 . 14 " [mrs] [quack] [shivered] [at] [that] [,] [and] [blacky] [saw] [it] [.] he chuckled softly . 1 he 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 softly 2 chuckled 4 . you know he dearly loves to make others uncomfortable . 1 you 2 know 2 know 4 dearly 3 he 4 dearly 4 dearly 5 loves 4 dearly 6 to 4 dearly 9 uncomfortable 7 make 9 uncomfortable 8 others 9 uncomfortable 9 uncomfortable 10 . " [i] [saw] [three] [hunters] [over] on the [edge] of the [big] [river] [early] [this] [very] morning , " said he . 1 " 19 " 7 on 8 the 8 the 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 17 morning 17 morning 18 , 18 , 19 " 19 " 20 said 20 said 21 he 20 said 22 . [mrs] [quack] [looked] [more] [anxious] [than] [ever] [.] blacky 's sharp eyes noted this . 1 blacky 3 sharp 2 's 3 sharp 3 sharp 4 eyes 3 sharp 5 noted 5 noted 6 this 5 noted 7 . " that is why [i] came over here , " he added kindly . 1 " 4 why 1 " 12 added 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 why 6 came 7 over 6 came 8 here 8 here 12 added 9 , 12 added 10 " 12 added 11 he 12 added 12 added 13 kindly 12 added 14 . " [i] wanted to give you [warning] [.] ["] 1 " 6 you 3 wanted 4 to 4 to 5 give 5 give 6 you " [but] you didn't know [the] [quacks] [were] here ! " [spoke] [up] [peter] [.] 1 " 3 you 3 you 5 know 3 you 11 " 4 didn't 5 know 9 here 10 ! 10 ! 11 " " true [enough] [,] [peter] [.] 1 " 2 true true [enough] , ["] [replied] [blacky] [,] [his] [eyes] [twinkling] . 1 true 3 , 1 true 11 . " but [i] [thought] [they] [might] [be] [.] 1 " 2 but is it true , [mrs] [quack] [,] that we are going to have a long , hard , cold winter ? " 1 is 3 true 1 is 11 going 2 it 3 true 3 true 4 , 8 that 9 we 9 we 10 are 10 are 11 going 11 going 12 to 11 going 13 have 11 going 20 winter 11 going 21 ? 14 a 15 long 15 long 16 , 15 long 20 winter 17 hard 18 , 17 hard 20 winter 19 cold 20 winter 21 ? 22 " " that is [what] [they] [say] [up] [in] the [far] [north] , " replied [mrs] [quack] . 1 " 3 is 1 " 12 , 2 that 3 is 3 is 9 the 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 replied 14 replied 17 . " and it is [true] [that] [jack] [frost] [had] [started] [down] [earlier] [than] [usual] . 1 " 4 is 2 and 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 15 . that [is] [how] [it] [happens] we are here [now] . 1 that 6 we 6 we 7 are 7 are 8 here 8 here 10 . but [about] [those] [hunters] [over] [by] [the] [big] [river] [,] do you suppose [they] will come over here ? " 1 but 11 do 11 do 12 you 11 do 13 suppose 11 do 19 ? 13 suppose 15 will 15 will 16 come 16 come 17 over 18 here 19 ? 19 ? 20 " there was an [anxious] [note] in [mrs] [quack] ['s] [voice] . 1 there 2 was 1 there 6 in 2 was 3 an 6 in 11 . " no , " replied [blacky] promptly . 1 " 5 replied 2 no 5 replied 3 , 5 replied 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 promptly 7 promptly 8 . " [farmer] [brown] 's boy [won't] [let] [them] [.] 1 " 4 's 4 's 5 boy i know . 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 . i 've been watching him and he has been watching those hunters . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 watching 4 watching 5 him 4 watching 12 hunters 4 watching 13 . 5 him 6 and 7 he 8 has 8 has 9 been 9 been 10 watching 10 watching 12 hunters 11 those 12 hunters as long as you stay here , you will be safe . 1 as 2 long 2 long 3 as 2 long 5 stay 3 as 4 you 4 you 5 stay 5 stay 6 here 5 stay 11 safe 6 here 7 , 8 you 9 will 9 will 10 be 10 be 11 safe 11 safe 12 . what [a] [great] [world] [this] would be [if] [all] [those] [two-legged] [creatures] [were] [like] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . " 1 what 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 19 . 19 . 20 " " wouldn't it ! " cried [peter] . 1 " 2 wouldn't 1 " 6 cried 2 wouldn't 3 it 4 ! 5 " 4 ! 6 cried 6 cried 8 . then he added , " [i] [wish] they were . " 1 then 3 added 2 he 3 added 3 added 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 11 " 8 they 9 were 9 were 10 . 10 . 11 " " you don't wish it half as much as [i] [do] , " [declared] [mrs] [quack] [.] 1 " 3 don't 1 " 12 , 2 you 3 don't 3 don't 4 wish 3 don't 5 it 3 don't 8 much 6 half 7 as 7 as 8 much 8 much 9 as 12 , 13 " " what [changed] him ? " asked [mrs] [quack] , [looking] [interested] . 1 " 7 asked 2 what 5 ? 4 him 5 ? 5 ? 6 " 5 ? 7 asked 7 asked 10 , 7 asked 13 . " [just] [getting] [really] [acquainted] [with] [some] [of] [the] [little] [people] of [the] [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] , " replied [blacky] . 1 " 22 replied 12 of 20 , 20 , 22 replied 21 " 22 replied 22 replied 24 . " he found [them] [ready] [to] [meet] him [more] [than] [halfway] [in] [friendship] and [that] some of [them] [really] [are] his [best] [friends] . " 1 " 25 " 2 he 3 found 2 he 21 his 3 found 8 him 14 and 16 some 16 some 17 of 17 of 21 his 21 his 24 . 24 . 25 " " and [now] he is [their] [best] [friend] , " [spoke] [up] [peter] [.] 1 " 5 is 1 " 9 , 2 and 4 he 4 he 5 is 9 , 10 " blacky nodded . 1 blacky 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 . " right , [peter] , " said he . 1 " 7 said 2 right 7 said 3 , 7 said 5 , 7 said 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 . " that is [why] [the] [quacks] [are] [safe] here and will be [as] long [as] [they] [stay] . " 1 " 3 is 2 that 3 is 3 is 9 here 9 here 19 " 10 and 11 will 11 will 12 be 12 be 14 long 12 be 18 . 18 . 19 " [chapter] [xv] [:] [blacky] [does] [a] [little] [looking] [about] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] [blacky] [the] [crow] [is] [a] [shrewd] [fellow] [.] he is one of the smartest [and] [shrewdest] of all the little people [in] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 1 he 6 smartest 2 is 6 smartest 3 one 6 smartest 4 of 6 smartest 5 the 6 smartest 6 smartest 9 of 6 smartest 10 all 6 smartest 11 the 6 smartest 12 little 6 smartest 13 people everybody knows it . 1 everybody 2 knows 2 knows 3 it 2 knows 4 . and because of this , all his neighbors have a great deal of respect for him , despite his mischievous ways . 1 and 8 neighbors 2 because 8 neighbors 3 of 4 this 3 of 8 neighbors 4 this 5 , 6 all 8 neighbors 7 his 8 neighbors 8 neighbors 12 deal 9 have 12 deal 10 a 12 deal 11 great 12 deal 12 deal 13 of 12 deal 18 despite 14 respect 15 for 14 respect 18 despite 16 him 18 despite 17 , 18 despite 18 despite 19 his 18 despite 20 mischievous 18 despite 21 ways 21 ways 22 . you know [there] is very little that [escapes] [the] [sharp] [eyes] [of] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 1 you 2 know 2 know 4 is 2 know 7 that 4 is 5 very 5 very 6 little 7 that 16 . he had guessed what these things meant . 1 he 2 had 1 he 7 meant 3 guessed 7 meant 4 what 7 meant 5 these 6 things 6 things 7 meant 7 meant 8 . " they think we are going to have a long , hard , cold winter [,] ["] [muttered] [blacky] [to] [himself] [.] 1 " 5 are 2 they 5 are 3 think 4 we 4 we 5 are 5 are 6 going 6 going 7 to 6 going 15 winter 8 have 9 a 9 a 10 long 10 long 11 , 10 long 15 winter 12 hard 13 , 12 hard 15 winter 14 cold 15 winter " [perhaps] [they] know , [but] [i] [want] [to] [see] some [signs] of it [for] [myself] [.] 1 " 4 know 4 know 14 it 5 , 11 some 11 some 13 of 13 of 14 it they may be only guessing . 1 they 5 guessing 2 may 3 be 2 may 5 guessing 4 only 5 guessing 5 guessing 6 . [anybody] [can] [do] [that] [,] [and] [one] [guess] [is] [as] [good] [as] [another] [.] ["] [mrs] [quack] [explained] [that] [jack] [frost] [had] [already] [started] [south] [,] [and] [so] [they] [had] [started] [earlier] [to] [keep] [well] [ahead] [of] [him] [.] i wouldn't take their word for it any more than [i] [would] [the] [word] [of] [johnny] [chuck] [or] [jerry] [muskrat] [or] [paddy] [the] [beaver] . 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 take 2 wouldn't 5 word 2 wouldn't 6 for 2 wouldn't 7 it 2 wouldn't 8 any 3 take 4 their 8 any 9 more 9 more 10 than 10 than 25 . i 'll look [about] [a] [little] . ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 look 3 look 7 . he [headed] [straight] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] and [farmer] [brown] ['s] [cornfield] [.] 1 he 8 and a little of that yellow corn would make a good breakfast . 1 a 2 little 1 a 11 breakfast 3 of 6 corn 4 that 6 corn 5 yellow 6 corn 6 corn 11 breakfast 7 would 8 make 8 make 11 breakfast 9 a 10 good 10 good 11 breakfast 11 breakfast 12 . " seems to me [these] [husks] [are] [unusually] [thick] , " [muttered] [blacky] [,] as [he] [tore] [at] [them] [with] [his] [stout] [bill] [.] 1 " 2 seems 2 seems 3 to 2 seems 4 me 2 seems 15 as 4 me 11 " 10 , 11 " " don't remember ever having seen them as thick as these . 1 " 2 don't 2 don't 3 remember 3 remember 6 seen 3 remember 9 thick 4 ever 6 seen 5 having 6 seen 6 seen 7 them 8 as 9 thick 9 thick 10 as 9 thick 11 these 9 thick 12 . wonder if it just happens to be so on this ear . " 1 wonder 2 if 1 wonder 5 happens 3 it 5 happens 4 just 5 happens 5 happens 6 to 5 happens 10 this 5 happens 11 ear 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 so 9 on 10 this 11 ear 12 . 12 . 13 " then , as a sudden thought popped into his black head , he left that ear and went to another . 1 then 7 popped 2 , 3 as 3 as 7 popped 4 a 5 sudden 5 sudden 7 popped 6 thought 7 popped 7 popped 8 into 7 popped 11 head 7 popped 20 another 9 his 11 head 10 black 11 head 11 head 16 ear 12 , 13 he 13 he 14 left 14 left 15 that 14 left 16 ear 16 ear 17 and 17 and 18 went 18 went 19 to 20 another 21 . the husks of this were as thick as those on the first . 1 the 2 husks 1 the 12 first 2 husks 3 of 2 husks 4 this 2 husks 5 were 2 husks 6 as 2 husks 7 thick 2 husks 8 as 9 those 12 first 10 on 11 the 11 the 12 first 12 first 13 . he flew to another shock and found the husks there just the same . 1 he 2 flew 2 flew 3 to 2 flew 4 another 4 another 9 husks 5 shock 9 husks 6 and 7 found 7 found 9 husks 8 the 9 husks 9 husks 10 there 9 husks 11 just 9 husks 13 same 12 the 13 same 13 same 14 . he tried a third shock with the same result . 1 he 2 tried 2 tried 5 shock 3 a 5 shock 4 third 5 shock 5 shock 9 result 6 with 9 result 7 the 8 same 8 same 9 result 9 result 10 . " huh , they are all alike , " said he . 1 " 2 huh 2 huh 3 , 2 huh 7 alike 2 huh 9 " 2 huh 10 said 2 huh 11 he 4 they 7 alike 5 are 7 alike 6 all 7 alike 8 , 9 " 11 he 12 . then he looked thoughtful and for a few minutes sat perfectly still like a black statue . 1 then 10 sat 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 4 thoughtful 4 thoughtful 5 and 4 thoughtful 9 minutes 4 thoughtful 10 sat 6 for 9 minutes 7 a 8 few 8 few 9 minutes 10 sat 16 statue 11 perfectly 12 still 11 perfectly 16 statue 13 like 16 statue 14 a 16 statue 15 black 16 statue 16 statue 17 . " they are right , " said he at last . 1 " 3 are 1 " 7 said 2 they 3 are 3 are 4 right 5 , 7 said 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 10 last 7 said 11 . 9 at 10 last " yes , [sir] , they are right . " 1 " 2 yes 2 yes 3 , 3 , 6 they 5 , 6 they 6 they 7 are 7 are 8 right 8 right 10 " 9 . 10 " of course he meant [johnny] [chuck] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [paddy] the [beaver] [and] [the] [quacks] [.] 1 of 2 course 1 of 12 the 2 course 4 meant 3 he 4 meant i know it myself [now] . 1 i 2 know 1 i 4 myself 2 know 3 it 4 myself 6 . i 've found a sign . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 found 3 found 4 a 4 a 5 sign 5 sign 6 . old [mother] [nature] [has] [wrapped] this [corn] [in] [extra] [thick] [husks] , and [of] [course] [she] [has] [done] [it] [to] [protect] [it] [.] 1 old 13 and 6 this 12 , 12 , 13 and she doesn't do things without a reason . 1 she 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 7 reason 3 do 4 things 3 do 5 without 5 without 6 a 5 without 7 reason 7 reason 8 . we are going to have a [cold] [winter] [,] [or] [my] name [isn't] [blacky] [the] [crow] . ["] 1 we 2 are 1 we 5 have 2 are 3 going 3 going 4 to 5 have 6 a 6 a 12 name 12 name 17 . [chapter] [xvi] [:] [blacky] [finds] [other] [signs] a [single] fact [may] [fail] [to] [prove] [you] [either] [right] [or] [wrong] [;] [confirm] [it] [with] [another] [and] [your] [proof] [will] [then] [be] [strong] [.] 1 a 3 fact [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] but [blacky] [long] [ago] [learned] [that] it [isn't] [wise] [or] [wholly] [safe] [to] [depend] [altogether] [on] one thing . 1 but 7 it 1 but 17 one 17 one 18 thing 18 thing 19 . " she wouldn't take care to protect the corn that way and not do as much for other things . 1 " 3 wouldn't 2 she 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 7 protect 3 wouldn't 14 do 3 wouldn't 16 much 4 take 5 care 5 care 7 protect 6 to 7 protect 7 protect 9 corn 7 protect 11 way 7 protect 13 not 8 the 9 corn 10 that 11 way 11 way 12 and 15 as 16 much 16 much 17 for 16 much 18 other 18 other 19 things 18 other 20 . there [must] [be] [other] [signs] , [if] [i] [am] [smart] enough to find them . " 1 there 6 , 6 , 16 " 11 enough 12 to 12 to 13 find 13 find 14 them 14 them 15 . 15 . 16 " he lifted one black wing and began to set in order the feathers beneath it . 1 he 2 lifted 2 lifted 5 wing 3 one 5 wing 4 black 5 wing 5 wing 6 and 5 wing 7 began 5 wing 9 set 5 wing 11 order 5 wing 16 . 7 began 8 to 10 in 11 order 11 order 12 the 11 order 13 feathers 13 feathers 14 beneath 14 beneath 15 it suddenly he made a funny little hop straight up . 1 suddenly 7 hop 2 he 7 hop 3 made 7 hop 4 a 5 funny 5 funny 6 little 5 funny 7 hop 7 hop 8 straight 7 hop 9 up 9 up 10 . " [well] [,] [i] [never] ! " he exclaimed , as he spread his wings to regain his balance . 1 " 9 exclaimed 6 ! 7 " 6 ! 8 he 6 ! 9 exclaimed 9 exclaimed 10 , 9 exclaimed 13 spread 11 as 12 he 11 as 13 spread 13 spread 17 regain 14 his 15 wings 15 wings 17 regain 16 to 17 regain 17 regain 19 balance 18 his 19 balance 19 balance 20 . " [i] never did [!] ["] 1 " 4 did 3 never 4 did " is that so ? " piped a squeaky little voice . 1 " 2 is 1 " 9 squeaky 3 that 9 squeaky 4 so 9 squeaky 5 ? 6 " 5 ? 9 squeaky 7 piped 9 squeaky 8 a 9 squeaky 9 squeaky 10 little 9 squeaky 11 voice 11 voice 12 . what is it you never did ? " 1 what 2 is 1 what 3 it 1 what 4 you 1 what 6 did 1 what 7 ? 5 never 6 did 7 ? 8 " blacky looked down . 1 blacky 2 looked 1 blacky 4 . 2 looked 3 down peeping up at him from the brown grass were two bright little eyes . 1 peeping 3 at 1 peeping 4 him 1 peeping 5 from 1 peeping 6 the 1 peeping 7 brown 1 peeping 8 grass 2 up 3 at 8 grass 11 bright 8 grass 14 . 9 were 11 bright 10 two 11 bright 11 bright 12 little 11 bright 13 eyes " [hello] [,] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] ! " exclaimed [blacky] . 1 " 9 exclaimed 7 ! 8 " 7 ! 9 exclaimed 9 exclaimed 11 . " [i] haven't [seen] [you] for a long time . 1 " 3 haven't 3 haven't 9 time 6 for 9 time 7 a 8 long 8 long 9 time 9 time 10 . i 've looked for you several times lately . " 1 i 2 've 2 've 8 lately 3 looked 8 lately 4 for 5 you 4 for 6 several 6 several 7 times 6 several 8 lately 8 lately 10 " 9 . 10 " " [i] don't [doubt] it . 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 5 it 5 it 6 . i [don't] [doubt] it at all , ["] [squeaked] [danny] . 1 i 4 it 4 it 11 . 5 at 6 all 5 at 11 . 6 all 7 , " you 'll never see me when you are looking for me . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 'll 2 you 6 me 2 you 9 are 2 you 12 me 3 'll 4 never 3 'll 5 see 7 when 9 are 8 you 9 are 9 are 10 looking 10 looking 11 for 12 me 13 . that is , [you] [won't] if [i] can help it . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 , 3 , 6 if 6 if 8 can 8 can 9 help 9 help 10 it 9 help 11 . you [won't] if [i] [see] you first . " 1 you 9 " 3 if 6 you 6 you 7 first 7 first 8 . 8 . 9 " blacky chuckled . 1 blacky 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 . he knew what [danny] [meant] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 what " [i] ['ve] [had] my [breakfast] , " said [blacky] , " and it isn't [dinner] time yet . " 1 " 8 " 5 my 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 , 9 said 19 . 11 , 12 " 11 , 13 and 13 and 14 it 14 it 15 isn't 15 isn't 18 yet 17 time 18 yet 19 . 20 " " what is it you never did ? " [persisted] [danny] [,] [in] [his] [squeaky] [voice] . 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 is 2 what 4 it 2 what 5 you 2 what 7 did 2 what 8 ? 6 never 7 did 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 17 . " that was just [an] [exclamation] , " [explained] [blacky] [.] 1 " 2 that 1 " 7 , 2 that 3 was 3 was 4 just 7 , 8 " " [i] made a discovery that surprised me so [i] exclaimed right out . " 1 " 11 exclaimed 3 made 5 discovery 4 a 5 discovery 5 discovery 6 that 5 discovery 7 surprised 5 discovery 8 me 5 discovery 9 so 5 discovery 11 exclaimed 11 exclaimed 12 right 11 exclaimed 14 . 12 right 13 out 14 . 15 " " what was it ? " demanded [danny] . 1 " 7 demanded 2 what 3 was 2 what 4 it 2 what 5 ? 5 ? 6 " 5 ? 7 demanded 7 demanded 9 . " it was [that] the [feathers] of [my] [coat] [are] [coming] [in] [thicker] [than] [i] [ever] [knew] them [to] [before] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 7 of 5 the 7 of 7 of 18 them 18 them 21 . i hadn't [noticed] [it] [until] [i] [started] [to] [set] [them] [in] [order] a minute [ago] . " 1 i 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 14 minute 13 a 14 minute 14 minute 16 . 16 . 17 " he buried his bill in the feathers of his breast . 1 he 2 buried 2 buried 4 bill 3 his 4 bill 4 bill 7 feathers 5 in 6 the 6 the 7 feathers 7 feathers 8 of 7 feathers 10 breast 9 his 10 breast 10 breast 11 . there is a lot of down around the roots of them . 1 there 4 lot 2 is 3 a 3 a 4 lot 4 lot 5 of 4 lot 9 roots 4 lot 10 of 6 down 9 roots 7 around 9 roots 8 the 9 roots 10 of 11 them 11 them 12 . i am going to have [the] [warmest] [coat] [i] ['ve] [ever] [had] . " 1 i 2 am 1 i 5 have 2 am 3 going 3 going 4 to 5 have 14 " 13 . 14 " " well , don't think you are the only one , " retorted [danny] . 1 " 2 well 1 " 4 don't 1 " 13 retorted 2 well 3 , 4 don't 5 think 4 don't 6 you 6 you 7 are 7 are 9 only 8 the 9 only 9 only 10 one 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 retorted 13 retorted 15 . i suppose you know what it [means] . " 1 i 2 suppose 1 i 4 know 2 suppose 3 you 4 know 5 what 4 know 6 it 6 it 8 . 8 . 9 " " you 'll find that everybody who doesn't go south or sleep all winter has a thicker coat than usual . 1 " 3 'll 2 you 3 'll 3 'll 4 find 3 'll 9 go 5 that 8 doesn't 6 everybody 7 who 6 everybody 8 doesn't 8 doesn't 9 go 9 go 12 sleep 10 south 11 or 10 south 12 sleep 12 sleep 17 thicker 12 sleep 21 . 13 all 14 winter 14 winter 17 thicker 15 has 16 a 15 has 17 thicker 17 thicker 18 coat 17 thicker 19 than 17 thicker 20 usual hello ! 1 hello 2 ! there is [old] [roughleg] [the] [hawk] ! 1 there 2 is 2 is 7 ! he has come extra early this year . 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 come 2 has 4 extra 4 extra 5 early 4 extra 7 year 6 this 7 year 7 year 8 . i think [i] 'll go back to [warn] [nanny] . " 1 i 2 think 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 go 5 go 6 back 6 back 7 to 6 back 10 . 10 . 11 " without another word [danny] [disappeared] [in] [the] [brown] [grass] [.] 1 without 3 word 2 another 3 word [again] [blacky] [chuckled] [.] " more [signs] , " said he to himself . 1 " 6 said 2 more 4 , 4 , 6 said 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 himself 6 said 10 . 7 he 9 himself 8 to 9 himself ["] [more] [signs] [.] there isn't a doubt that we are going to have a hard winter . 1 there 2 isn't 1 there 3 a 1 there 4 doubt 1 there 7 are 4 doubt 5 that 6 we 7 are 7 are 8 going 8 going 9 to 8 going 10 have 8 going 13 winter 11 a 12 hard 12 hard 13 winter 13 winter 14 . i wonder if [i] can [stand] [it] [or] [if] [i] 'd better go a little way south , where it will be warmer . " 1 i 2 wonder 1 i 11 'd 2 wonder 3 if 3 if 5 can 11 'd 12 better 11 'd 13 go 13 go 17 south 14 a 15 little 15 little 16 way 16 way 17 south 17 south 18 , 17 south 23 warmer 19 where 23 warmer 20 it 23 warmer 21 will 22 be 21 will 23 warmer 23 warmer 24 . 24 . 25 " [chapter] [xvii] [:] [blacky] [watches] [a] [queer] [performance] this much to me is very clear : a thing not understood is queer . 1 this 2 much 1 this 5 is 2 much 3 to 3 to 4 me 5 is 6 very 6 very 14 queer 7 clear 12 understood 8 : 12 understood 9 a 10 thing 10 thing 12 understood 11 not 12 understood 12 understood 14 queer 13 is 14 queer 14 queer 15 . [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] blacky [the] [crow] may be right . 1 blacky 6 right 4 may 5 be 5 be 6 right 6 right 7 . again he may not be . 1 again 2 he 1 again 3 may 1 again 6 . 3 may 4 not 3 may 5 be if he is [right] [,] [it] [will] [account] [for] a lot of the [queer] people [in] [the] [world] [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 is 3 is 10 a 10 a 11 lot 11 lot 12 of 11 lot 15 people 12 of 13 the they are not understood , and so they are queer . 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 not 2 are 10 queer 4 understood 6 and 4 understood 10 queer 5 , 6 and 7 so 10 queer 8 they 9 are 9 are 10 queer 10 queer 11 . at least , that is what other people say , and never once think that perhaps they are the queer ones for not understanding . 1 at 2 least 1 at 13 once 2 least 3 , 2 least 4 that 2 least 6 what 4 that 5 is 7 other 8 people 8 people 9 say 9 say 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 never 12 never 13 once 13 once 24 understanding 14 think 15 that 14 think 16 perhaps 16 perhaps 24 understanding 17 they 18 are 18 are 20 queer 19 the 20 queer 20 queer 24 understanding 21 ones 24 understanding 22 for 24 understanding 23 not 24 understanding 24 understanding 25 . but [blacky] [isn't] [like] [those] people [who] are [satisfied] not [to] [understand] [and] [to] [think] [other] [people] [and] [things] [queer] [.] 1 but 10 not 6 people 8 are 8 are 10 not he does his best to understand . 1 he 2 does 2 does 6 understand 3 his 4 best 4 best 5 to 4 best 6 understand 6 understand 7 . he waits and watches and uses those sharp eyes of his and those quick wits of his until at last usually he does understand . 1 he 6 uses 2 waits 4 watches 3 and 4 watches 4 watches 6 uses 5 and 6 uses 6 uses 7 those 6 uses 15 wits 8 sharp 9 eyes 8 sharp 15 wits 10 of 15 wits 11 his 12 and 11 his 15 wits 13 those 15 wits 14 quick 15 wits 15 wits 17 his 15 wits 21 usually 16 of 17 his 18 until 20 last 18 until 21 usually 19 at 20 last 21 usually 23 does 21 usually 24 understand 22 he 23 does 24 understand 25 . long ago he discovered that many things are to be seen [on] [or] [beside] [the] [big] [river] [,] things not to be seen elsewhere . 1 long 2 ago 2 ago 4 discovered 3 he 4 discovered 4 discovered 5 that 4 discovered 7 things 6 many 7 things 7 things 8 are 7 things 23 seen 9 to 10 be 9 to 22 be 10 be 11 seen 19 things 22 be 20 not 22 be 21 to 22 be 22 be 23 seen 23 seen 24 elsewhere 24 elsewhere 25 . so there are few clays in which he does not get over there . 1 so 5 clays 2 there 5 clays 3 are 5 clays 4 few 5 clays 5 clays 6 in 5 clays 7 which 5 clays 8 he 5 clays 9 does 5 clays 10 not 5 clays 11 get 11 get 12 over 12 over 13 there 12 over 14 . more than once he had been shot at . 1 more 2 than 1 more 7 shot 3 once 7 shot 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 shot 7 shot 8 at 7 shot 9 . but he had learned by these experiences . 1 but 7 experiences 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 learned 4 learned 7 experiences 5 by 7 experiences 6 these 7 experiences 7 experiences 8 . oh , yes , [blacky] [had] [learned] [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 yes 1 oh 4 , for one thing , he had learned to know a gun when he saw it . 1 for 2 one 2 one 3 thing 3 thing 14 saw 4 , 5 he 5 he 14 saw 6 had 7 learned 7 learned 8 to 7 learned 9 know 7 learned 11 gun 7 learned 12 when 10 a 11 gun 12 when 14 saw 13 he 14 saw 14 saw 15 it 15 it 16 . blacky looked sharply for a terrible gun . 1 blacky 3 sharply 2 looked 3 sharply 3 sharply 4 for 3 sharply 7 gun 3 sharply 8 . 5 a 7 gun 6 terrible 7 gun but the man had none with him and therefore was not to be feared . 1 but 2 the 2 the 3 man 3 man 14 feared 4 had 14 feared 5 none 9 therefore 6 with 7 him 6 with 9 therefore 8 and 9 therefore 9 therefore 11 not 9 therefore 14 feared 10 was 11 not 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 feared 14 feared 15 . blacky boldly drew near until he was able to see what the man was doing . 1 blacky 2 boldly 2 boldly 3 drew 2 boldly 5 until 2 boldly 8 able 3 drew 4 near 5 until 6 he 5 until 7 was 8 able 9 to 9 to 10 see 10 see 11 what 11 what 15 doing 12 the 13 man 13 man 15 doing 14 was 15 doing 15 doing 16 . then [blacky] ['s] [eyes] [stretched] [their] [widest] [and] he [almost] [cawed] [right] out [with] [surprise] . 1 then 9 he 1 then 13 out 13 out 16 . the man was taking yellow corn from a bag , a handful at a time , and throwing it out in the water . 1 the 2 man 2 man 12 handful 3 was 4 taking 4 taking 6 corn 5 yellow 6 corn 6 corn 12 handful 7 from 12 handful 8 a 12 handful 9 bag 10 , 9 bag 12 handful 11 a 12 handful 12 handful 15 time 12 handful 18 throwing 13 at 15 time 14 a 15 time 16 , 17 and 16 , 18 throwing 18 throwing 20 out 18 throwing 23 water 19 it 20 out 21 in 23 water 22 the 23 water 23 water 24 . yes , [sir] [,] that is what he was doing , scattering nice yellow corn among the rushes and wild rice in the water ! 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 6 is 5 that 6 is 6 is 12 scattering 7 what 10 doing 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 doing 10 doing 12 scattering 11 , 12 scattering 12 scattering 13 nice 12 scattering 14 yellow 12 scattering 15 corn 12 scattering 18 rushes 12 scattering 22 in 12 scattering 24 water 16 among 17 the 16 among 18 rushes 18 rushes 19 and 18 rushes 21 rice 20 wild 21 rice 23 the 24 water 24 water 25 ! " that 's [a] queer [performance] , ["] [muttered] [blacky] [,] [as] he [watched] [.] 1 " 13 he 2 that 3 's 2 that 13 he 3 's 5 queer 5 queer 7 , " what is he throwing perfectly good corn out in the water for ? 1 " 2 what 1 " 5 throwing 2 what 3 is 2 what 4 he 5 throwing 6 perfectly 5 throwing 7 good 5 throwing 8 corn 5 throwing 9 out 5 throwing 12 water 10 in 12 water 11 the 12 water 12 water 13 for 13 for 14 ? he isn't planting it , for this isn't the planting season . 1 he 3 planting 2 isn't 3 planting 3 planting 4 it 3 planting 6 for 3 planting 7 this 3 planting 11 season 5 , 6 for 8 isn't 10 planting 9 the 10 planting 10 planting 11 season 11 season 12 . besides , it wouldn't grow in the water , anyway . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 4 wouldn't 3 it 4 wouldn't 4 wouldn't 10 anyway 5 grow 10 anyway 6 in 8 water 7 the 8 water 8 water 10 anyway 9 , 10 anyway 10 anyway 11 . it is a shame to waste nice corn like that . 1 it 2 is 1 it 4 shame 3 a 4 shame 4 shame 8 corn 4 shame 10 that 4 shame 11 . 5 to 6 waste 6 waste 8 corn 7 nice 8 corn 9 like 10 that what is he doing it for ? " 1 what 2 is 1 what 4 doing 3 he 4 doing 4 doing 5 it 4 doing 6 for 4 doing 7 ? 7 ? 8 " blacky flew over to a tree some distance away and alighted in the top of it to watch the queer performance . 1 blacky 2 flew 2 flew 3 over 2 flew 4 to 2 flew 6 tree 2 flew 8 distance 5 a 6 tree 7 some 8 distance 8 distance 9 away 8 distance 11 alighted 8 distance 18 watch 10 and 11 alighted 11 alighted 12 in 11 alighted 14 top 13 the 14 top 14 top 15 of 16 it 17 to 17 to 18 watch 18 watch 21 performance 19 the 21 performance 20 queer 21 performance 21 performance 22 . you know [blacky] has [very] [keen] [eyes] [and] [he] can see [a] [long] [distance] [.] 1 you 2 know 1 you 11 see 2 know 4 has 10 can 11 see for a [while] the man [continued] [to] [scatter] [corn] and [blacky] [continued] [to] [wonder] [what] [he] [was] [doing] [it] [for] [.] 1 for 2 a 2 a 5 man 4 the 5 man 5 man 10 and at last the man went away in a boat . 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 the 3 the 4 man 3 the 9 boat 5 went 6 away 5 went 9 boat 7 in 9 boat 8 a 9 boat 9 boat 10 . blacky watched him until he was out of sight . 1 blacky 2 watched 2 watched 3 him 2 watched 4 until 2 watched 9 sight 5 he 6 was 5 he 7 out 7 out 8 of 7 out 9 sight 9 sight 10 . he could see some of the yellow grains on the bottom . 1 he 2 could 2 could 8 grains 3 see 8 grains 4 some 8 grains 5 of 8 grains 6 the 8 grains 7 yellow 8 grains 8 grains 9 on 8 grains 11 bottom 10 the 11 bottom 11 bottom 12 . presently he saw something else . 1 presently 3 saw 2 he 3 saw 3 saw 4 something 4 something 5 else 5 else 6 . " [ha] ! " exclaimed [blacky] . 1 " 5 exclaimed 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 5 exclaimed 5 exclaimed 7 . [chapter] [xviii] [:] [blacky] [becomes] [very] [suspicious] of [things] you [do] [not] [understand] , [beware] [!] 1 of 7 , 3 you 7 , they may be [wholly] [harmless] [but] [beware] ! 1 they 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 8 ! you 'll find [the] [older] that [you] [grow] [that] [only] [things] and [folks] you know [are] [fully] [to] [be] [trusted] [,] [so] [beware] [!] 1 you 2 'll 1 you 15 know 2 'll 3 find 3 find 6 that 12 and 14 you 14 you 15 know [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] that is one of [blacky] ['s] [wise] [sayings] , and he [lives] [up] [to] [it] [.] 1 that 2 is 1 that 11 he 2 is 3 one 3 one 4 of 9 , 10 and 9 , 11 he he seldom gets into any real trouble because he first makes sure there is no trouble to get into . 1 he 3 gets 2 seldom 3 gets 3 gets 7 trouble 3 gets 8 because 3 gets 10 first 3 gets 11 makes 3 gets 15 no 3 gets 16 trouble 3 gets 19 into 4 into 7 trouble 5 any 7 trouble 6 real 7 trouble 8 because 9 he 12 sure 13 there 13 there 14 is 13 there 15 no 17 to 18 get 18 get 19 into 19 into 20 . when he discovers something he does not understand , he is at once distrustful of it . 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 discovers 3 discovers 4 something 3 discovers 6 does 3 discovers 8 understand 5 he 6 does 6 does 7 not 8 understand 14 distrustful 9 , 10 he 10 he 14 distrustful 11 is 14 distrustful 12 at 13 once 13 once 14 distrustful 14 distrustful 15 of 14 distrustful 16 it 14 distrustful 17 . as he watched a man scattering yellow corn in the water from the shore [of] [the] [big] [river] [he] [at] [once] [became] [suspicious] . 1 as 3 watched 2 he 3 watched 3 watched 6 scattering 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 scattering 6 scattering 7 yellow 6 scattering 8 corn 6 scattering 9 in 6 scattering 11 water 6 scattering 12 from 10 the 11 water 12 from 14 shore 13 the 14 shore 14 shore 24 . what was it [blacky] [had] [discovered] ? 1 what 2 was 1 what 3 it 1 what 7 ? only a few feathers . 1 only 3 few 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 feathers 4 feathers 5 . no one [with] [eyes] less [sharp] [than] [blacky] ['s] [would] [have] [noticed] [them] . 1 no 2 one 1 no 5 less 5 less 14 . and few would have given them a thought if they had noticed them . 1 and 13 them 2 few 5 given 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 given 5 given 6 them 5 given 7 a 5 given 13 them 8 thought 12 noticed 9 if 10 they 9 if 11 had 11 had 12 noticed 12 noticed 13 them 13 them 14 . but [blacky] [knew] [right] [away] that [those] [were] [feathers] [from] [a] [duck] . 1 but 6 that 6 that 13 . " [ha] ! " exclaimed [blacky] . 1 " 5 exclaimed 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 5 exclaimed 5 exclaimed 7 . " [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [or] [some] [of] [their] [relatives] [have] [been] here [.] 1 " 14 here it is [just] the [kind] of [a] place [ducks] like [.] 1 it 2 is 1 it 10 like 2 is 8 place 4 the 6 of 4 the 8 place [also] [some] [ducks] [like] [corn] [.] if they should come back here and find this corn , they would have a feast , and they would be sure to come again . 1 if 2 they 1 if 3 should 3 should 4 come 3 should 8 find 4 come 5 back 4 come 6 here 4 come 7 and 8 find 10 corn 9 this 10 corn 10 corn 16 feast 11 , 12 they 12 they 13 would 13 would 14 have 14 have 16 feast 15 a 16 feast 16 feast 22 sure 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 they 19 they 20 would 20 would 21 be 21 be 22 sure 22 sure 24 come 23 to 24 come 24 come 25 again 25 again 26 . that man who scattered the corn here didn't have a terrible gun , but that doesn't mean that he isn't a hunter . 1 that 12 gun 2 man 3 who 2 man 6 corn 4 scattered 5 the 4 scattered 6 corn 6 corn 7 here 6 corn 12 gun 8 didn't 9 have 8 didn't 12 gun 10 a 12 gun 11 terrible 12 gun 12 gun 16 doesn't 12 gun 22 hunter 12 gun 23 . 13 , 14 but 14 but 16 doesn't 15 that 16 doesn't 16 doesn't 17 mean 18 that 19 he 18 that 22 hunter 20 isn't 22 hunter 21 a 22 hunter he may come back again , and then he may have a terrible gun . 1 he 4 back 2 may 3 come 3 come 4 back 4 back 5 again 5 again 7 and 5 again 10 may 5 again 14 gun 5 again 15 . 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 then 8 then 9 he 10 may 11 have 12 a 14 gun 13 terrible 14 gun i 'm suspicious of that man . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 suspicious 3 suspicious 4 of 3 suspicious 5 that 3 suspicious 6 man 3 suspicious 7 . i am so . 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 so 2 am 4 . i believe [he] [put] that [corn] [here] [for] [ducks] [and] [i] [don't] [believe] he did it [out] of the [kindness] of his heart . 1 i 2 believe 2 believe 5 that 5 that 14 he 14 he 15 did 15 did 16 it 16 it 24 . 18 of 19 the 19 the 21 of 21 of 22 his 22 his 23 heart 23 heart 24 . but it [wasn't] [farmer] [brown] 's boy . 1 but 2 it 2 it 6 's 2 it 8 . 6 's 7 boy i don't like the looks of it . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 2 don't 7 it 3 like 5 looks 4 the 5 looks 6 of 7 it 7 it 8 . i don't [indeed] . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 4 . i 'll keep watch of this place and see what happens [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 keep 3 keep 4 watch 4 watch 11 happens 5 of 6 this 6 this 7 place 6 this 11 happens 8 and 11 happens 9 see 11 happens 10 what 11 happens he didn't like the looks of it at all . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 like 2 didn't 5 looks 4 the 5 looks 5 looks 7 it 5 looks 8 at 6 of 7 it 8 at 9 all 8 at 10 . " [i] 'll [warn] [the] [quacks] [to] [keep] [away] [from] [there] [.] 1 " 3 'll i 'll do it the very first thing in the morning , " he muttered , as he prepared to go to sleep . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 do 3 do 4 it 3 do 8 thing 5 the 8 thing 6 very 8 thing 7 first 8 thing 8 thing 11 morning 8 thing 15 muttered 9 in 11 morning 10 the 11 morning 12 , 15 muttered 13 " 15 muttered 14 he 15 muttered 15 muttered 16 , 15 muttered 17 as 15 muttered 19 prepared 15 muttered 24 . 17 as 18 he 19 prepared 23 sleep 20 to 23 sleep 21 go 23 sleep 22 to 23 sleep " [if] they [have] [any] [sense] [at] all [,] [they] [will] stay in the [pond] of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 " 3 they 3 they 8 all 8 all 18 the 12 stay 13 in 13 in 14 the 14 the 16 of 16 of 18 the it may be all right , but [i] don't like the looks [of] [it] [.] " 1 it 3 be 1 it 5 right 2 may 3 be 4 all 5 right 5 right 16 " 6 , 7 but 6 , 16 " 7 but 9 don't 9 don't 10 like 10 like 12 looks 11 the 12 looks and [still] [full] [of] [suspicions] [,] [blacky] went to sleep . 1 and 8 went 8 went 10 sleep 9 to 10 sleep 10 sleep 11 . [chapter] [xix] [:] [blacky] [makes] [more] [discoveries] little things [you] [fail] [to] [see] [may] [important] [prove] [to] [be] [.] 1 little 2 things [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] one of the [secrets] of [blacky] ['s] [success] [in] life [is] the [fact] [that] [he] [never] [fails] [to] [take] [note] of [little] [things] . 1 one 2 of 2 of 3 the 3 the 5 of 5 of 10 life 10 life 24 . 12 the 21 of 21 of 24 . long ago he learned that little things which in themselves seem harmless and not worth noticing may together prove the most important things in life . 1 long 2 ago 2 ago 4 learned 3 he 4 learned 4 learned 5 that 4 learned 7 things 4 learned 10 themselves 6 little 7 things 8 which 10 themselves 9 in 10 themselves 10 themselves 16 noticing 11 seem 16 noticing 12 harmless 13 and 12 harmless 16 noticing 14 not 15 worth 15 worth 16 noticing 16 noticing 17 may 16 noticing 18 together 16 noticing 19 prove 16 noticing 22 important 20 the 21 most 21 most 22 important 22 important 23 things 22 important 25 life 22 important 26 . 24 in 25 life so , [no] [matter] [how] [unimportant] [a] [thing] [may] [appear] [,] [blacky] [examines] [it] [closely] with [those] [sharp] eyes [of] [his] [and] [remembers] [it] [.] 1 so 2 , 2 , 16 with 16 with 19 eyes then he got some breakfast . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 got 3 got 5 breakfast 4 some 5 breakfast 5 breakfast 6 . he ate it in a hurry [and] [flew] straight [over] [to] [the] [big] [river] [to] [the] place where he had seen that yellow corn scattered . 1 he 2 ate 2 ate 3 it 3 it 17 place 4 in 6 hurry 4 in 17 place 5 a 6 hurry 6 hurry 9 straight 17 place 18 where 17 place 25 scattered 17 place 26 . 18 where 19 he 20 had 21 seen 21 seen 25 scattered 22 that 24 corn 23 yellow 24 corn 24 corn 25 scattered they seemed quite contented and in the best of spirits . 1 they 4 contented 2 seemed 4 contented 3 quite 4 contented 4 contented 5 and 4 contented 10 spirits 4 contented 11 . 6 in 10 spirits 7 the 8 best 8 best 9 of 8 best 10 spirits blacky guessed why . 1 blacky 2 guessed 2 guessed 3 why 3 why 4 . not [a] [single] [grain] [of] [that] [yellow] [corn] [could] [blacky] see . 1 not 11 see 1 not 12 . he knew the [ways] of [dusky] [and] his [relatives] . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 8 his 3 the 5 of 5 of 8 his 8 his 10 . he [knew] [that] [they] must [have] [come] [in] [there] just at dusk the night before and [at] once [had] [found] [that] [corn] . 1 he 5 must 5 must 18 once 10 just 11 at 11 at 12 dusk 11 at 18 once 12 dusk 14 night 13 the 14 night 14 night 15 before 14 night 16 and 18 once 23 . [dusky] [looked] [up] [as] [blacky] [flew] [over] [him] [,] [but] [blacky] [said] [nothing] [,] [and] [dusky] [said] [nothing] [.] but [if] [blacky] [didn't] [use] [his] [tongue] [,] he [did] [use] his eyes . 1 but 9 he 9 he 12 his 12 his 13 eyes 13 eyes 14 . mixed in with them were a lot of the brown rushes . 1 mixed 2 in 1 mixed 3 with 1 mixed 4 them 1 mixed 5 were 1 mixed 7 lot 6 a 7 lot 7 lot 8 of 7 lot 11 rushes 9 the 11 rushes 10 brown 11 rushes 11 rushes 12 . they looked very harmless and innocent . 1 they 4 harmless 2 looked 4 harmless 3 very 4 harmless 4 harmless 6 innocent 4 harmless 7 . 5 and 6 innocent but [blacky] [knew] [every] [foot] [of] [that] [shore] [along] [the] [big] [river] [,] [and] he [knew] [that] [those] [bushes] hadn't been there [during] [the] [summer] . 1 but 15 he 15 he 20 hadn't 20 hadn't 21 been 21 been 22 there 22 there 26 . he knew that they hadn't grown there . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 5 hadn't 2 knew 3 that 4 they 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 6 grown 5 hadn't 7 there 7 there 8 . he flew directly over them . 1 he 2 flew 2 flew 3 directly 2 flew 4 over 4 over 5 them 5 them 6 . just back of them were a couple of logs . 1 just 2 back 2 back 10 . 3 of 9 logs 4 them 9 logs 5 were 7 couple 6 a 7 couple 7 couple 8 of 7 couple 9 logs 9 logs 10 . those logs hadn't been there when he passed that way a few days before . 1 those 2 logs 1 those 13 days 2 logs 3 hadn't 2 logs 5 there 2 logs 8 passed 3 hadn't 4 been 6 when 7 he 6 when 8 passed 8 passed 10 way 9 that 10 way 11 a 12 few 12 few 13 days 13 days 14 before 14 before 15 . he was sure of it . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 sure 3 sure 4 of 3 sure 5 it 5 it 6 . " [ha] ! " exclaimed [blacky] [under] [his] [breath] . 1 " 5 exclaimed 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 5 exclaimed 5 exclaimed 10 . " [those] look [to] [me] as if [they] [might] [be] [very] [handy] [,] [very] [handy] [indeed] [,] [for] [a] [hunter] [to] [sit] [on] [.] 1 " 7 if 3 look 6 as 6 as 7 if it doesn't look right to me . 1 it 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 look 2 doesn't 4 right 2 doesn't 6 me 5 to 6 me 6 me 7 . no [,] [sir] [,] [it] [doesn't] [look] right to [me] [.] 1 no 8 right 8 right 9 to i think [i] 'll keep an eye on [this] place . " 1 i 2 think 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 keep 5 keep 7 eye 5 keep 10 place 6 an 7 eye 7 eye 8 on 10 place 11 . 11 . 12 " so [blacky] [came] [back] [to] [the] [big] [river] [several] [times] that day . 1 so 11 that 11 that 12 day 12 day 13 . the [second] time [back] he [found] [that] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [and] his [relatives] had [left] [.] 1 the 3 time 3 time 15 had 5 he 13 his 5 he 15 had and as before , he went away in a boat . 1 and 6 went 2 as 3 before 2 as 5 he 3 before 4 , 5 he 6 went 6 went 7 away 6 went 10 boat 8 in 10 boat 9 a 10 boat 10 boat 11 . " [i] don't [like] it [,] ["] [muttered] [blacky] [,] [shaking] his [black] head . 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 5 it 5 it 15 . 12 his 14 head 14 head 15 . " [i] don't like it . " 1 " 3 don't 1 " 7 " 4 like 5 it 5 it 6 . 6 . 7 " [chapter] [xx] [:] [blacky] [drops] [a] [hint] when you see [another] ['s] [danger] [warn] him [though] he [be] a stranger . 1 when 2 you 2 you 3 see 3 see 8 him 8 him 10 he 10 he 12 a 12 a 13 stranger 13 stranger 14 . [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] sometimes [blacky] [watched] [from] [a] [distance] , and sometimes he flew right over the man . 1 sometimes 9 sometimes 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 sometimes 9 sometimes 10 he 10 he 11 flew 11 flew 12 right 11 flew 13 over 11 flew 14 the 14 the 15 man 15 man 16 . but never once did the man have a gun with him . 1 but 2 never 1 but 4 did 2 never 3 once 4 did 11 him 5 the 6 man 6 man 9 gun 7 have 8 a 8 a 9 gun 9 gun 11 him 10 with 11 him 11 him 12 . that man may be fooling them , but he isn't fooling me . 1 that 11 fooling 2 man 11 fooling 3 may 4 be 3 may 11 fooling 5 fooling 6 them 5 fooling 8 but 5 fooling 9 he 5 fooling 10 isn't 5 fooling 11 fooling 7 , 8 but 11 fooling 12 me 11 fooling 13 . not a bit of it . 1 not 3 bit 2 a 3 bit 3 bit 4 of 3 bit 5 it 3 bit 6 . he hasn't had a gun with him once [when] [i] have seen him , but just the same he is a hunter . 1 he 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 5 gun 3 had 5 gun 4 a 5 gun 5 gun 7 him 5 gun 8 once 6 with 7 him 8 once 22 hunter 8 once 23 . 11 have 12 seen 12 seen 13 him 12 seen 22 hunter 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 just 16 just 18 same 16 just 22 hunter 17 the 18 same 19 he 20 is 20 is 21 a 21 a 22 hunter i feel it in my bones . 1 i 2 feel 2 feel 3 it 2 feel 6 bones 4 in 5 my 5 my 6 bones 6 bones 7 . he knows [those] [silly] [ducks] [come] [in] [here] [every] [night] [for] [that] [corn] [he] [puts] [out] . 1 he 2 knows 2 knows 17 . then he will hide behind those bushes he has placed close to the edge of the water and wait for them with his terrible gun . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 will 3 will 19 wait 4 hide 7 bushes 5 behind 7 bushes 6 those 7 bushes 7 bushes 9 has 7 bushes 10 placed 7 bushes 11 close 7 bushes 14 edge 8 he 9 has 11 close 12 to 13 the 14 edge 14 edge 15 of 14 edge 16 the 14 edge 17 water 14 edge 19 wait 17 water 18 and 19 wait 20 for 19 wait 25 gun 20 for 21 them 22 with 25 gun 23 his 25 gun 24 terrible 25 gun 25 gun 26 . that is [what] he [will] [do] , [or] my name [isn't] [blacky] . ["] 1 that 2 is 2 is 7 , 2 is 10 name 4 he 7 , 9 my 10 name 10 name 13 . [finally] [blacky] [decided] [to] [drop] [a] [hint] [to] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [.] so the next morning he stopped for a call . 1 so 4 morning 2 the 3 next 3 next 4 morning 4 morning 6 stopped 4 morning 9 call 4 morning 10 . 5 he 6 stopped 6 stopped 7 for 7 for 8 a " good morning , " said he , [as] [dusky] [swam] [in] [just] [in] [front] [of] [him] . 1 " 6 said 2 good 3 morning 2 good 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 , 6 said 18 . " [i] [hope] you are [feeling] as [fine] [as] you look . ["] 1 " 4 you 1 " 10 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 7 as 10 you 11 look 11 look 12 . " [quack] , [quack] , " replied [dusky] . 1 " 7 replied 3 , 7 replied 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 replied 7 replied 9 . " [when] [blacky] the [crow] [flatters] [,] [he] [hopes] [to] [gain] [something] [.] 1 " 4 the what is it this time ? " 1 what 2 is 1 what 3 it 1 what 6 ? 4 this 5 time 4 this 6 ? 6 ? 7 " " [not] [a] [thing] , " replied [blacky] . 1 " 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 replied 7 replied 9 . " on my honor , not a thing . 1 " 4 honor 2 on 4 honor 3 my 4 honor 4 honor 5 , 4 honor 6 not 4 honor 8 thing 4 honor 9 . 7 a 8 thing what is it ? " 1 what 2 is 2 is 4 ? 3 it 4 ? 4 ? 5 " " [corn] , " replied [dusky] [in] [a] [low] [voice] [,] as if [afraid] [some] [one] [might] [overhear] [him] [.] 1 " 3 , 1 " 13 if 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 replied 12 as 13 if " [nice] [yellow] [corn] . " 1 " 6 " 5 . 6 " " [corn] ! " [exclaimed] [blacky] [,] as if [very] [much] [astonished] [.] 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 9 if 8 as 9 if " how does corn happen to be way over here in the water ? " 1 " 2 how 2 how 3 does 3 does 4 corn 3 does 14 ? 4 corn 5 happen 4 corn 8 way 4 corn 9 over 4 corn 10 here 4 corn 13 water 5 happen 6 to 6 to 7 be 11 in 13 water 12 the 13 water 14 ? 15 " dusky shook his head . 1 dusky 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 . " don't ask me , for [i] [can't] tell you , " said he . 1 " 2 don't 1 " 11 , 2 don't 3 ask 3 ask 4 me 3 ask 6 for 3 ask 10 you 4 me 5 , 9 tell 10 you 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 14 he 13 said 15 . " [i] haven't [the] [least] [idea] [.] 1 " 3 haven't all [i] [know] [is] that [every] [evening] [when] [we] [arrive] , we [find] [it] [here] . 1 all 5 that 1 all 16 . 5 that 12 we 11 , 12 we how it gets here , [i] don't [know] , and [furthermore] [i] don't care . 1 how 2 it 2 it 3 gets 3 gets 4 here 4 here 5 , 5 , 7 don't 7 don't 14 care 9 , 10 and 9 , 13 don't 13 don't 14 care 14 care 15 . it is enough for me that it is here . " 1 it 2 is 1 it 8 is 2 is 3 enough 3 enough 4 for 4 for 5 me 6 that 8 is 7 it 8 is 8 is 9 here 9 here 11 " 10 . 11 " " [i] ['ve] [seen] [a] [man] over here [every] [afternoon] , " said [blacky] . 1 " 12 " 7 over 8 here 8 here 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 . " [i] thought he might be [a] [hunter] . " 1 " 10 " 3 thought 5 might 4 he 5 might 5 might 6 be 6 be 9 . 9 . 10 " " did he [have] [a] [terrible] [gun] ? " asked [dusky] [suspiciously] . 1 " 10 asked 2 did 3 he 2 did 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 10 asked 10 asked 13 . " [no-o] , " replied [blacky] . 1 " 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 . " then he isn't [a] [hunter] [,] ["] [declared] [dusky] [,] [looking] much [relieved] [.] 1 " 4 isn't 2 then 3 he 3 he 4 isn't 4 isn't 13 much " [he] [could] [hide] [behind] [these] [bushes] , you know . " 1 " 8 , 8 , 12 " 9 you 10 know 9 you 12 " 11 . 12 " " [nonsense] , " retorted [dusky] [,] [tossing] [his] [head] . 1 " 5 retorted 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 retorted 5 retorted 11 . " there hasn't been a sign of danger here since we have been here . 1 " 3 hasn't 2 there 3 hasn't 3 hasn't 4 been 3 hasn't 6 sign 3 hasn't 9 here 3 hasn't 10 since 3 hasn't 13 been 3 hasn't 14 here 5 a 6 sign 6 sign 7 of 6 sign 8 danger 11 we 12 have 12 have 13 been 14 here 15 . i know [you] , [blacky] [;] you are [jealous] [because] [we] [find] [plenty] [to] [eat] here , and [you] [find] nothing [.] 1 i 2 know 1 i 7 you 2 know 4 , 7 you 8 are 8 are 16 here 16 here 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 nothing you are trying to scare us . 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 trying 3 trying 4 to 3 trying 5 scare 5 scare 6 us 5 scare 7 . but [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [right] now , [you] [can't] [scare] [us] [away] [from] [such] [splendid] [eating] as we have had [here] . 1 but 7 now 7 now 8 , 8 , 18 as 18 as 19 we 18 as 21 had 19 we 20 have 21 had 23 . so there [!] ["] 1 so 2 there [chapter] [xxi] [:] [at] [last] [blacky] [is] [sure] who for [another] [conquers] [fear] [is] [truly] [brave] [,] it is [most] [clear] [.] 1 who 11 is 2 for 10 it 10 it 11 is [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] it was late in the afternoon [,] [and] [blacky] [the] [crow] was on [his] [way] to the [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 late 1 it 12 was 3 late 6 afternoon 4 in 6 afternoon 5 the 6 afternoon 12 was 13 on 13 on 17 the 13 on 20 . 16 to 17 the as usual , he went around [by] [the] [big] [river] to see [if] that [man] was [scattering] [corn] [for] the [ducks] [.] 1 as 2 usual 2 usual 3 , 2 usual 5 went 4 he 5 went 5 went 6 around 5 went 11 to 11 to 12 see 12 see 14 that 14 that 16 was 16 was 20 the he wasn't there . 1 he 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 there 3 there 4 . no one was to be seen [along] [the] [bank] [of] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 no 2 one 1 no 6 seen 2 one 3 was 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 seen " [he] [hasn't] [come] [to-day] , or else he [came] [early] [and] has [left] [,] ["] [thought] [blacky] [.] 1 " 13 has 6 , 7 or 6 , 9 he 7 or 8 else 9 he 13 has what was it [blacky] [saw] ? 1 what 2 was 1 what 3 it 1 what 6 ? it was [a] [boat] coming down the [big] [river] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 10 . 2 was 5 coming 5 coming 6 down 6 down 7 the blacky sat still and watched . 1 blacky 5 watched 1 blacky 6 . 2 sat 3 still 2 sat 5 watched 4 and 5 watched presently the boat turned in among the rushes , and a moment later a man stepped out on the shore . 1 presently 3 boat 2 the 3 boat 3 boat 8 rushes 4 turned 8 rushes 5 in 8 rushes 6 among 7 the 6 among 8 rushes 8 rushes 10 and 8 rushes 13 later 8 rushes 20 shore 9 , 10 and 11 a 12 moment 12 moment 13 later 13 later 16 stepped 14 a 15 man 15 man 16 stepped 16 stepped 17 out 18 on 20 shore 19 the 20 shore 20 shore 21 . it was [the] [same] [man] [blacky] [had] [watched] [scatter] [corn] in the [rushes] [every] day [for] [a] [week] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 11 in 11 in 12 the 12 the 15 day 15 day 19 . there wasn't the least doubt about it , it was the same man . 1 there 5 doubt 1 there 10 was 1 there 13 man 2 wasn't 5 doubt 3 the 4 least 4 least 5 doubt 5 doubt 6 about 6 about 7 it 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 was 11 the 12 same 11 the 13 man 13 man 14 . " [ha] [,] ha ! " exclaimed [blacky] [,] [and] [nearly] [lost] [his] [balance] [in] [his] [excitement] . 1 " 4 ha 4 ha 7 exclaimed 5 ! 6 " 5 ! 7 exclaimed 7 exclaimed 18 . " [ha] [,] ha ! 1 " 4 ha 4 ha 5 ! it is just as [i] [thought] [!] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 just 3 just 4 as you see [blacky] ['s] [sharp] [eyes] [had] [seen] that [the] man [was] [carrying] [something] , and that [something] was [a] [gun] [,] [a] terrible [gun] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 9 that 9 that 11 man 11 man 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 that 17 that 19 was 19 was 24 terrible 24 terrible 26 . blacky knows a terrible gun as far as he can see it . 1 blacky 2 knows 1 blacky 5 gun 3 a 5 gun 4 terrible 5 gun 5 gun 7 far 5 gun 13 . 6 as 7 far 7 far 8 as 7 far 10 can 8 as 9 he 10 can 11 see 11 see 12 it the hunter [looked] [out] [over] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 the 2 hunter then he walked along where he had scattered corn the day before . 1 then 3 walked 2 he 3 walked 3 walked 4 along 3 walked 8 scattered 5 where 8 scattered 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 scattered 8 scattered 9 corn 8 scattered 10 the 8 scattered 11 day 11 day 12 before 12 before 13 . not a grain was to be seen . 1 not 3 grain 2 a 3 grain 3 grain 7 seen 3 grain 8 . 4 was 7 seen 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 seen this seemed to please him . 1 this 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 please 2 seemed 5 him 5 him 6 . then he went back to the bushes and sat down on a log behind them , his terrible gun across his knees . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 went 3 went 4 back 4 back 5 to 4 back 13 log 6 the 7 bushes 7 bushes 8 and 7 bushes 13 log 9 sat 10 down 9 sat 13 log 11 on 13 log 12 a 13 log 13 log 14 behind 13 log 19 gun 14 behind 15 them 15 them 16 , 17 his 19 gun 18 terrible 19 gun 19 gun 20 across 19 gun 22 knees 19 gun 23 . 21 his 22 knees " [i] [was] [sure] of it [,] " [muttered] [blacky] [.] 1 " 6 it 1 " 8 " 5 of 6 it " he is going to wait there for [those] [ducks] [to] [come] [in] , and then something [dreadful] [will] [happen] [.] 1 " 3 is 1 " 14 , 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 going 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 wait 6 wait 8 for 7 there 8 for 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 then 16 then 17 something what terrible creatures these hunters are ! 1 what 6 are 1 what 7 ! 2 terrible 5 hunters 3 creatures 5 hunters 4 these 5 hunters 5 hunters 6 are they don't know what fairness is . 1 they 5 fairness 2 don't 5 fairness 3 know 5 fairness 4 what 5 fairness 5 fairness 6 is 5 fairness 7 . no , [sir] [,] [they] [don't] [know] [what] [fairness] [is] [.] 1 no 2 , he knows they will feel so sure that all is safe that they will come in without looking for danger . 1 he 2 knows 2 knows 3 they 2 knows 4 will 2 knows 12 that 5 feel 6 so 5 feel 7 sure 5 feel 11 safe 5 feel 12 that 7 sure 8 that 8 that 9 all 8 that 10 is 12 that 13 they 12 that 20 danger 13 they 14 will 14 will 15 come 16 in 20 danger 17 without 18 looking 17 without 20 danger 18 looking 19 for 20 danger 21 . then he will fire that terrible gun and kill them without giving them any chance at all . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 will 1 then 7 gun 4 fire 7 gun 5 that 7 gun 6 terrible 7 gun 7 gun 8 and 7 gun 12 giving 7 gun 16 at 7 gun 18 . 9 kill 10 them 9 kill 12 giving 11 without 12 giving 12 giving 15 chance 13 them 15 chance 14 any 15 chance 16 at 17 all " [reddy] [fox] is a [sly] , [clever] [hunter] , but he [wouldn't] [do] [a] [thing] [like] [that] [.] 1 " 4 is 1 " 7 , 4 is 5 a 7 , 11 but 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 he neither would [old] [man] [coyote] [or] [anybody] [else] [who] [wears] [fur] [or] [feathers] [.] 1 neither 2 would they might hide and try to catch some one by surprise . 1 they 2 might 2 might 11 surprise 3 hide 4 and 3 hide 7 catch 3 hide 11 surprise 5 try 6 to 5 try 7 catch 7 catch 9 one 8 some 9 one 10 by 11 surprise 11 surprise 12 . that is all right , because each of us is supposed to be on the watch for things of that sort . 1 that 2 is 2 is 4 right 3 all 4 right 4 right 16 watch 5 , 6 because 6 because 11 supposed 7 each 11 supposed 8 of 9 us 9 us 11 supposed 10 is 11 supposed 11 supposed 13 be 11 supposed 16 watch 12 to 13 be 14 on 15 the 14 on 16 watch 16 watch 17 for 16 watch 21 sort 16 watch 22 . 18 things 21 sort 19 of 21 sort 20 that 21 sort oh , dear , what 's to be done ? 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 dear 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 5 what 5 what 9 done 5 what 10 ? 6 's 9 done 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 done it [is] [time] [i] was getting [home] to the [green] [forest] [.] 1 it 5 was 1 it 8 to 5 was 6 getting 8 to 9 the [the] [black] [shadows] [will] [soon] [come] [creeping] [out] [from] [the] [purple] [hills] [,] [and] [i] [must] [be] [safe] [in] [my] [hemlock-tree] [by] [then] [.] i would be scared to death to be out after dark . 1 i 4 scared 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 scared 4 scared 6 death 4 scared 7 to 4 scared 9 out 4 scared 10 after 4 scared 12 . 5 to 6 death 7 to 8 be 10 after 11 dark yet [those] [ducks] [ought] to [be] [warned] [.] 1 yet 5 to oh , dear , what shall [i] do ? " 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 dear 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 5 what 5 what 8 do 5 what 9 ? 6 shall 8 do 9 ? 10 " with them [might] [come] [hooty] [the] [owl] , and [hooty] [wouldn't] [object] [in] the [least] [to] a [crow] [dinner] [.] 1 with 2 them 1 with 17 a 2 them 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 14 the he wished he was in that hemlock-tree that very minute . 1 he 2 wished 2 wished 3 he 2 wished 7 hemlock-tree 3 he 4 was 5 in 7 hemlock-tree 6 that 7 hemlock-tree 7 hemlock-tree 8 that 7 hemlock-tree 10 minute 7 hemlock-tree 11 . 9 very 10 minute " [i] ['ll] [wait] [a] [little] [while] [longer] [,] " [muttered] [blacky] , and tried to [feel] [brave] . 1 " 10 " 10 " 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 tried 15 tried 16 to 16 to 19 . but instead he shivered . 1 but 2 instead 2 instead 3 he 2 instead 4 shivered 4 shivered 5 . [chapter] [xxii] [:] [blacky] [goes] [home] [happy] no greater happiness [is] [won] [than] [through] [a] [deed] [for] [others] [done] [.] 1 no 2 greater 2 greater 3 happiness [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] blacky sat in the top of a tree [near] the bank [of] [the] [big] [river] [and] [couldn't] [make] [up] [his] [mind] [what] [to] [do] . 1 blacky 5 top 2 sat 3 in 2 sat 5 top 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 5 top 8 tree 5 top 11 bank 7 a 8 tree 10 the 11 bank 11 bank 25 . he wanted to get home [to] [the] [big] [,] [thick] [hemlock-tree] [in] [the] [green] [forest] before [dusk] [,] [for] [blacky] [is] [afraid] [of] [the] dark . 1 he 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 4 get 4 get 5 home 5 home 16 before 5 home 26 . 16 before 25 dark that is , he is afraid to be out after dark . 1 that 2 is 1 that 4 he 1 that 5 is 2 is 3 , 5 is 6 afraid 6 afraid 8 be 6 afraid 11 dark 7 to 8 be 9 out 11 dark 10 after 11 dark 11 dark 12 . don't waste any more time here . 1 don't 2 waste 2 waste 3 any 2 waste 5 time 2 waste 6 here 2 waste 7 . 3 any 4 more what [may] [happen] [to] [those] [silly] [ducks] [is] [no] [business] [of] [yours] , and there is nothing you can do [,] [anyway] . 1 what 20 do 13 , 14 and 13 , 18 you 14 and 15 there 15 there 16 is 15 there 17 nothing 18 you 19 can 19 can 20 do 20 do 23 . go along home . " 1 go 2 along 1 go 3 home 3 home 4 . 4 . 5 " " wait a few minutes , " said another little voice down inside him . 1 " 2 wait 2 wait 5 minutes 2 wait 8 said 2 wait 9 another 3 a 4 few 4 few 5 minutes 6 , 8 said 7 " 8 said 9 another 11 voice 10 little 11 voice 11 voice 13 inside 12 down 13 inside 13 inside 14 him 14 him 15 . " don't be a coward . 1 " 2 don't 2 don't 5 coward 3 be 5 coward 4 a 5 coward 5 coward 6 . you [ought] [to] [warn] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [and] [his] [flock] that [a] [hunter] [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] is [waiting] for [them] [.] 1 you 12 that 12 that 19 is 19 is 21 for is it true [that] [it] [is] [no] [business] [of] [yours] what [happens] to [those] [ducks] ? 1 is 3 true 1 is 16 ? 2 it 3 true 11 what 13 to 11 what 16 ? think again , [blacky] ; think again . 1 think 7 again 2 again 3 , 2 again 5 ; 2 again 7 again 5 ; 6 think 7 again 8 . it is the duty of each one who sees a common danger to warn his neighbors . 1 it 2 is 1 it 4 duty 2 is 3 the 4 duty 9 sees 4 duty 17 . 5 of 6 each 6 each 9 sees 7 one 9 sees 8 who 9 sees 9 sees 14 warn 10 a 11 common 11 common 14 warn 12 danger 14 warn 13 to 14 warn 14 warn 16 neighbors 15 his 16 neighbors if [something] [dreadful] should happen to [dusky] [because] [you] were afraid [of] [the] [dark] [,] [you] [never] would be [comfortable] [in] [your] [own] [mind] [.] 1 if 5 happen 4 should 5 happen 5 happen 6 to 6 to 19 be 10 were 11 afraid 11 afraid 18 would 18 would 19 be stay a little while and keep watch . " 1 stay 4 while 1 stay 7 watch 2 a 3 little 3 little 4 while 5 and 7 watch 6 keep 7 watch 7 watch 8 . 8 . 9 " not five minutes later [blacky] [saw] [something] [that] [made] [him] [,] oh , [so] [glad] he [had] [kept] [watch] [.] 1 not 2 five 2 five 3 minutes 3 minutes 4 later 3 minutes 16 he 12 oh 13 , 13 , 16 he it was [a] [swiftly] [moving] [black] [line] [just] [above] the water [far] [down] [the] [big] [river] , and it was coming up [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 17 , 2 was 10 the 10 the 11 water 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 it 19 it 20 was 20 was 21 coming 21 coming 22 up he knew what that black line was . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 what 2 knew 4 that 2 knew 7 was 4 that 6 line 5 black 6 line 7 was 8 . he looked over at the hunter hiding behind some bushes close to the edge of the water . 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 over 3 over 14 edge 4 at 14 edge 5 the 14 edge 6 hunter 7 hiding 7 hiding 8 behind 7 hiding 10 bushes 9 some 10 bushes 10 bushes 11 close 10 bushes 14 edge 11 close 12 to 13 the 14 edge 14 edge 15 of 14 edge 16 the 14 edge 17 water 17 water 18 . the hunter was crouching with his terrible gun in his hands and was peeping over the bushes , watching that black line . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 4 crouching 3 was 4 crouching 4 crouching 5 with 4 crouching 6 his 4 crouching 8 gun 7 terrible 8 gun 8 gun 14 peeping 8 gun 23 . 9 in 10 his 10 his 11 hands 11 hands 12 and 11 hands 14 peeping 13 was 14 peeping 14 peeping 15 over 14 peeping 17 bushes 14 peeping 19 watching 16 the 17 bushes 18 , 19 watching 19 watching 22 line 20 that 22 line 21 black 22 line he , too , knew what it was . 1 he 3 too 1 he 5 knew 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 5 knew 8 was 6 what 7 it 7 it 8 was 8 was 9 . it was a [flock] [of] [ducks] [flying] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 8 . 2 was 3 a and [blacky] was [glad] [.] 1 and 3 was perhaps now he could give them warning . 1 perhaps 7 warning 2 now 5 give 3 he 4 could 4 could 5 give 5 give 7 warning 6 them 7 warning 7 warning 8 . up [the] [middle] [of] [the] [big] [river] [,] [flying] [just] [above] [the] [water] [,] [swept] [the] [flock] with [dusky] [at] [its] [head] . 1 up 18 with 18 with 23 . how swiftly they flew , those nine big birds ! 1 how 7 nine 1 how 10 ! 2 swiftly 4 flew 2 swiftly 6 those 2 swiftly 7 nine 3 they 4 flew 4 flew 5 , 7 nine 8 big 7 nine 9 birds blacky envied them their swift wings . 1 blacky 2 envied 2 envied 4 their 2 envied 5 swift 2 envied 7 . 3 them 4 their 5 swift 6 wings on [past] the [hidden] [hunter] [but] [far] [out] [over] [the] [big] [river] [they] [swept] . 1 on 3 the 1 on 15 . for [just] [a] [minute] [blacky] [thought] they were [going] [on] [up] [the] [river] [and] [not] coming [in] to eat , [after] [all] . 1 for 7 they 1 for 23 . 7 they 8 were 8 were 16 coming 16 coming 18 to 18 to 19 eat 19 eat 20 , then they turned toward the other shore , swept around in a circle and headed straight in toward that hidden hunter . 1 then 2 they 1 then 15 headed 3 turned 15 headed 4 toward 5 the 4 toward 6 other 4 toward 9 swept 7 shore 8 , 7 shore 9 swept 9 swept 15 headed 10 around 13 circle 11 in 13 circle 12 a 13 circle 13 circle 15 headed 14 and 15 headed 15 headed 16 straight 15 headed 18 toward 15 headed 19 that 15 headed 20 hidden 15 headed 21 hunter 16 straight 17 in 21 hunter 22 . blacky glanced at him and saw that he was ready to shoot . 1 blacky 2 glanced 2 glanced 3 at 2 glanced 4 him 2 glanced 5 and 2 glanced 6 saw 6 saw 7 that 6 saw 12 shoot 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 ready 10 ready 12 shoot 11 to 12 shoot 12 shoot 13 . [almost] [without] [thinking] [,] [blacky] [spread] [his] [wings] [and] [started] [out] [from] [that] [tree] [.] " caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " he shrieked at the top of his lungs . 1 " 10 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 6 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 10 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 10 caw 9 , 10 caw 10 caw 14 shrieked 11 ! 12 " 11 ! 14 shrieked 13 he 14 shrieked 14 shrieked 20 lungs 15 at 20 lungs 16 the 17 top 17 top 18 of 17 top 20 lungs 19 his 20 lungs 20 lungs 21 . " caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " 1 " 10 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 6 caw 5 , 6 caw 6 caw 8 caw 7 , 8 caw 8 caw 10 caw 9 , 10 caw 10 caw 11 ! 11 ! 12 " it was his danger cry that everybody [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [in] [the] [green] [forest] knows . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 his 2 was 4 danger 4 danger 5 cry 4 danger 7 everybody 4 danger 18 . 6 that 7 everybody 7 everybody 17 knows he did put up his gun and aim at them , but he didn't shoot . 1 he 2 did 1 he 15 shoot 3 put 4 up 3 put 6 gun 5 his 6 gun 6 gun 7 and 6 gun 8 aim 6 gun 15 shoot 8 aim 9 at 8 aim 10 them 8 aim 14 didn't 11 , 12 but 12 but 14 didn't 13 he 14 didn't 15 shoot 16 . you see , he didn't want to frighten them so that they would not return . 1 you 2 see 1 you 6 want 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 want 6 want 7 to 6 want 8 frighten 8 frighten 9 them 8 frighten 10 so 10 so 11 that 11 that 13 would 12 they 13 would 13 would 14 not 13 would 15 return 15 return 16 . blacky headed straight [for] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [chuckling] [as] [he] [flew] [.] 1 blacky 2 headed 2 headed 3 straight he knew that [those] [ducks] would not [return] [until] [after] [dark] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 would 6 would 7 not 7 not 12 . he had [saved] [them] [this] time , [and] he was so happy he didn't even [notice] [the] [black] [shadows] [.] 1 he 2 had 1 he 14 didn't 2 had 6 time 7 , 9 he 7 , 13 he 9 he 10 was 10 was 12 happy 11 so 12 happy 13 he 14 didn't 14 didn't 15 even and [the] [hunter] stood up and [shook] [his] [fist] [at] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 1 and 4 stood 4 stood 5 up 5 up 6 and [chapter] [xxiii] [:] [blacky] [calls] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] blacky awoke in the best of spirits . 1 blacky 2 awoke 2 awoke 7 spirits 3 in 7 spirits 4 the 5 best 5 best 6 of 5 best 7 spirits 7 spirits 8 . [late] [the] [afternoon] [before] [he] [had] [saved] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [and] [his] [flock] [from] [a] [hunter] [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] [.] he [hates] [a] [hunter] [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] [,] does [blacky] . 1 he 10 does 10 does 12 . for [that] [matter] [,] [so] [do] all the little people of the [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] . 1 for 7 all 1 for 19 . 7 all 12 the 8 the 10 people 8 the 11 of 9 little 10 people 11 of 12 the so [blacky] started [out] [for] [his] [breakfast] [in] [high] [spirits] [.] 1 so 3 started after [breakfast] , he [flew] [over] [to] [the] [big] [river] [to] [see] [if] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] was [feeding] in the [rushes] [along] [the] shore . 1 after 4 he 3 , 4 he 4 he 18 was 18 was 20 in 20 in 21 the 21 the 25 shore 25 shore 26 . " they 'll come back , and so [will] that hunter . 1 " 3 'll 2 they 3 'll 3 'll 4 come 4 come 5 back 5 back 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 so 8 so 10 that 10 that 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 . if he sees me around again , he 'll try to shoot me . 1 if 3 sees 2 he 3 sees 3 sees 4 me 3 sees 5 around 3 sees 6 again 3 sees 8 he 3 sees 9 'll 3 sees 13 me 6 again 7 , 9 'll 10 try 10 try 12 shoot 11 to 12 shoot 13 me 14 . i 've done all [i] can do . 1 i 2 've 1 i 6 can 2 've 3 done 2 've 4 all 6 can 7 do 6 can 8 . anyway , [dusky] [ought] [to] [have] [sense] [enough] [to] [be] [suspicious] [of] [this] [place] [after] [that] [warning] [.] 1 anyway 2 , hello , [who] is [that] ? 1 hello 2 , 2 , 4 is 4 is 6 ? i do believe it [is] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [.] 1 i 3 believe 2 do 3 believe 3 believe 4 it 4 it 8 's 8 's 9 boy i wish he would come over here . 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 4 would 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 come 5 come 6 over 5 come 7 here 5 come 8 . if he should find out about that hunter , perhaps he would do something to drive him away . 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 should 3 should 4 find 4 find 5 out 4 find 6 about 4 find 8 hunter 4 find 14 something 4 find 16 drive 7 that 8 hunter 9 , 10 perhaps 10 perhaps 12 would 10 perhaps 14 something 11 he 12 would 13 do 14 something 15 to 16 drive 16 drive 17 him 16 drive 18 away 18 away 19 . i 'll see if [i] can call him over here . " 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 see 2 'll 7 call 3 see 6 can 4 if 6 can 7 call 8 him 7 call 12 " 9 over 10 here 10 here 12 " 11 . 12 " blacky began to call in the way he does when he has discovered something and wants others to know about it . 1 blacky 2 began 1 blacky 4 call 1 blacky 6 the 1 blacky 7 way 1 blacky 13 discovered 2 began 3 to 5 in 6 the 8 he 9 does 8 he 13 discovered 10 when 13 discovered 11 he 12 has 11 he 13 discovered 13 discovered 14 something 13 discovered 16 wants 13 discovered 17 others 15 and 16 wants 17 others 20 about 17 others 22 . 18 to 19 know 19 know 20 about 20 about 21 it " caw , caw [,] [caaw] [,] [caaw] , caw , caw [,] [caaw] ! " [screamed] [blacky] [,] as if [greatly] [excited] [.] 1 " 12 caw 2 caw 4 caw 3 , 4 caw 4 caw 10 caw 9 , 10 caw 10 caw 12 caw 11 , 12 caw 12 caw 15 ! 15 ! 16 " 16 " 21 if 20 as 21 if he [heard] [the] [excited] [cawing] [of] [blacky] [and] at once [turned] [in] [that] [direction] . 1 he 9 at 9 at 10 once 10 once 15 . " that [black] [rascal] [has] [found] [something] [over] [on] [the] [shore] of [the] [big] [river] , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to himself . 1 " 2 that 1 " 18 said 12 of 16 , 16 , 18 said 17 " 18 said 18 said 24 himself 18 said 25 . 23 to 24 himself " [i] 'll go [over] there to see [what] it is [.] 1 " 11 is 3 'll 4 go 4 go 6 there 6 there 11 is 7 to 8 see 8 see 10 it 10 it 11 is there isn't much escapes the sharp eyes of that black busybody . 1 there 4 escapes 2 isn't 4 escapes 3 much 4 escapes 4 escapes 5 the 4 escapes 6 sharp 6 sharp 7 eyes 6 sharp 11 busybody 8 of 11 busybody 9 that 11 busybody 10 black 11 busybody 11 busybody 12 . he has led me to a lot of interesting things , one time and another . 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 led 3 led 5 to 3 led 9 interesting 4 me 5 to 6 a 7 lot 7 lot 8 of 7 lot 9 interesting 9 interesting 10 things 9 interesting 11 , 9 interesting 15 another 9 interesting 16 . 12 one 15 another 13 time 15 another 14 and 15 another there [he] is on the [top] of [that] [tree] [over] [by] the [big] [river] . " 1 there 3 is 3 is 16 " 4 on 5 the 4 on 15 . 5 the 7 of 7 of 12 the 15 . 16 " as [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] drew near , [blacky] [flew] [down] [and] [disappeared] [below] [the] [bank] [.] 1 as 6 drew 6 drew 7 near 7 near 8 , [fanner] [brown] ['s] [boy] [chuckled] [.] " whatever it is , it is right down there , " he muttered . 1 " 4 is 1 " 14 muttered 2 whatever 4 is 3 it 4 is 5 , 14 muttered 6 it 7 is 6 it 8 right 8 right 9 down 8 right 14 muttered 9 down 10 there 11 , 14 muttered 12 " 14 muttered 13 he 14 muttered 14 muttered 15 . he walked forward rapidly but quietly , and presently he reached the edge of the bank . 1 he 11 reached 2 walked 4 rapidly 3 forward 4 rapidly 4 rapidly 5 but 4 rapidly 6 quietly 4 rapidly 8 and 4 rapidly 9 presently 7 , 8 and 9 presently 11 reached 10 he 11 reached 11 reached 13 edge 12 the 13 edge 13 edge 14 of 13 edge 16 bank 15 the 16 bank 16 bank 17 . up [flew] [blacky] [cawing] [wildly] , and [pretending] [to] [be] [scared] [half] [to] [death] [.] 1 up 7 and 6 , 7 and [again] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [chuckled] [.] " you 're just making believe , " he declared . 1 " 10 declared 2 you 3 're 3 're 4 just 3 're 5 making 5 making 6 believe 5 making 10 declared 7 , 10 declared 8 " 10 declared 9 he 10 declared 10 declared 11 . now , what have you found over here ? " 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 what 3 what 9 ? 4 have 5 you 5 you 9 ? 6 found 7 over 7 over 8 here 8 here 9 ? 9 ? 10 " he looked eagerly along the shore , and at once he saw a row of low bushes close to the edge of the water . 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 eagerly 3 eagerly 4 along 4 along 6 shore 4 along 14 row 5 the 6 shore 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 at 9 at 10 once 10 once 13 a 11 he 12 saw 12 saw 13 a 13 a 14 row 14 row 15 of 14 row 17 bushes 16 low 17 bushes 17 bushes 18 close 17 bushes 21 edge 18 close 19 to 20 the 21 edge 21 edge 22 of 21 edge 23 the 21 edge 24 water 24 water 25 . he knew what it was instantly . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 what 2 knew 5 was 2 knew 6 instantly 4 it 5 was 6 instantly 7 . " [a] [duck] [blind] ! " he exclaimed . 1 " 8 exclaimed 5 ! 6 " 5 ! 7 he 5 ! 8 exclaimed 8 exclaimed 9 . " a [hunter] [has] [built] a [blind] [over] [here] [from] [which] [to] [shoot] [ducks] [.] 1 " 6 a 2 a 6 a i wonder if he has killed any yet . 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 3 if 2 wonder 6 killed 2 wonder 7 any 4 he 5 has 5 has 6 killed 7 any 8 yet 7 any 9 . i hope not . " 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 3 not 3 not 4 . 4 . 5 " he went [down] [to] [the] [blind] [,] for that is what [a] [duck] [hunter] ['s] [hiding-place] [is] [called] , and [looked] [about] [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 20 and 8 for 9 that 8 for 19 , 9 that 10 is 10 is 11 what 19 , 20 and a couple of grains of corn just inside the blind caught his eyes , and his face darkened . 1 a 2 couple 2 couple 3 of 2 couple 4 grains 4 grains 5 of 4 grains 6 corn 4 grains 7 just 4 grains 8 inside 4 grains 9 the 4 grains 10 blind 10 blind 11 caught 10 blind 13 eyes 12 his 13 eyes 13 eyes 18 darkened 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 darkened 16 his 18 darkened 17 face 18 darkened 18 darkened 19 . " that [fellow] [has] [been] [baiting] [ducks] , " thought he . 1 " 2 that 1 " 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 thought 10 thought 11 he 11 he 12 . " he has [been] [putting] [out] [corn] [to] [get] [them] [to] [come] [here] [regularly] [.] 1 " 3 has 2 he 3 has my , how [i] [hate] [that] [sort] [of] [thing] ! 1 my 2 , 1 my 3 how 3 how 10 ! it is bad enough to hunt them fairly , but to feed them and then kill them ugh ! 1 it 2 is 1 it 3 bad 3 bad 4 enough 4 enough 12 feed 5 to 12 feed 6 hunt 8 fairly 7 them 8 fairly 8 fairly 9 , 8 fairly 12 feed 9 , 10 but 11 to 12 feed 12 feed 18 ugh 13 them 18 ugh 14 and 15 then 15 then 18 ugh 16 kill 18 ugh 17 them 18 ugh 18 ugh 19 ! i wonder if he has [shot] any yet . " 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 3 if 2 wonder 5 has 2 wonder 7 any 4 he 5 has 7 any 8 yet 7 any 9 . 9 . 10 " he looked all about keenly , and his face cleared . 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 5 keenly 3 all 4 about 4 about 5 keenly 5 keenly 7 and 5 keenly 10 cleared 5 keenly 11 . 6 , 7 and 8 his 9 face 9 face 10 cleared he knew that [if] [that] [hunter] [had] [killed] [any] [ducks] [,] [there] would be [tell-tale] [feathers] [in] [the] [blind] , and [there] were [none] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 13 would 13 would 14 be 14 be 20 , 20 , 21 and 21 and 23 were 23 were 25 . [chapter] [xxiv] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [does] [some] [thinking] farmer [brown] 's boy [sat] [on] [the] [bank] [of] [the] [big] [river] [in] [a] [brown] [study] . 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 17 . that means that he was thinking very hard . 1 that 2 means 2 means 8 hard 2 means 9 . 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 thinking 6 thinking 8 hard 7 very 8 hard blacky [the] [crow] sat [in] [the] [top] [of] [a] [tall] [tree] [a] [short] [distance] [away] and watched [him] . 1 blacky 17 watched 1 blacky 19 . 4 sat 17 watched 16 and 17 watched blacky was silent now , and there was a knowing look in his shrewd little eyes . 1 blacky 3 silent 1 blacky 14 shrewd 2 was 3 silent 4 now 5 , 4 now 14 shrewd 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 there 7 there 8 was 9 a 14 shrewd 10 knowing 14 shrewd 11 look 14 shrewd 12 in 13 his 13 his 14 shrewd 14 shrewd 15 little 14 shrewd 16 eyes 16 eyes 17 . to-night , or some night soon , that hunter will be waiting for them . 1 to-night 2 , 1 to-night 15 . 3 or 4 some 3 or 5 night 3 or 9 hunter 5 night 6 soon 5 night 7 , 8 that 9 hunter 9 hunter 12 waiting 10 will 11 be 11 be 12 waiting 12 waiting 13 for 12 waiting 14 them 14 them 15 . " [i] [guess] [the] [law] [that] [permits] [hunting] [ducks] is all right , but there ought to be [a] [law] [against] [baiting] [them] [in] . 1 " 10 is 10 is 12 right 11 all 12 right 12 right 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 there 15 there 18 be 16 ought 17 to 16 ought 18 be 18 be 25 . that isn't hunting . 1 that 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 hunting 3 hunting 4 . no , [sir] [,] that isn't hunting . 1 no 2 , 1 no 6 isn't 5 that 6 isn't 6 isn't 7 hunting 7 hunting 8 . if this [land] were [my] [father] ['s] , [i] [would] [know] [what] [to] [do] [.] 1 if 2 this 1 if 4 were 4 were 8 , i would put up a sign saying that this was private property and no shooting was allowed . 1 i 2 would 2 would 3 put 3 put 4 up 4 up 15 shooting 5 a 6 sign 6 sign 12 property 7 saying 8 that 7 saying 12 property 8 that 10 was 9 this 10 was 11 private 12 property 12 property 14 no 12 property 15 shooting 13 and 14 no 15 shooting 17 allowed 15 shooting 18 . 16 was 17 allowed but it isn't my father 's land , and that hunter has a perfect right to shoot here . 1 but 3 isn't 2 it 3 isn't 3 isn't 18 here 4 my 5 father 4 my 7 land 5 father 6 's 7 land 9 and 7 land 11 hunter 7 land 18 here 8 , 9 and 10 that 11 hunter 11 hunter 17 shoot 12 has 14 perfect 13 a 14 perfect 14 perfect 15 right 14 perfect 17 shoot 16 to 17 shoot 18 here 19 . he has just as much right here as [i] [have] . 1 he 2 has 1 he 11 . 2 has 3 just 3 just 4 as 3 just 8 as 5 much 8 as 6 right 7 here 6 right 8 as i [wish] [i] could stop him [,] [but] [i] don't see how [i] can . ["] 1 i 4 could 1 i 10 don't 4 could 5 stop 4 could 6 him 10 don't 11 see 11 see 12 how 11 see 15 . 12 how 14 can a [frown] [puckered] the [freckled] face of [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 1 a 7 of 4 the 6 face 4 the 7 of you [see] , he was thinking very hard , and when he does that he is very apt to frown . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 thinking 5 was 7 very 7 very 8 hard 7 very 18 apt 9 , 10 and 9 , 12 he 11 when 12 he 12 he 13 does 13 does 18 apt 14 that 15 he 14 that 16 is 16 is 18 apt 17 very 18 apt 18 apt 19 to 18 apt 20 frown 20 frown 21 . " [i] suppose , " he muttered [,] ["] [i] [can] [tear] [down] [his] [blind] . 1 " 3 suppose 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 7 muttered 6 he 7 muttered 7 muttered 16 . he wouldn't know who did it . 1 he 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 6 it 3 know 4 who 3 know 6 it 4 who 5 did 6 it 7 . but that wouldn't do much good ; he would build another . 1 but 3 wouldn't 2 that 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 4 do 4 do 6 good 4 do 10 build 5 much 6 good 7 ; 10 build 8 he 9 would 9 would 10 build 10 build 11 another 11 another 12 . besides , it wouldn't be right . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 4 wouldn't 1 besides 6 right 3 it 4 wouldn't 4 wouldn't 5 be 6 right 7 . i won't do a thing [i] haven't a right to do . 1 i 2 won't 1 i 7 haven't 1 i 11 do 2 won't 3 do 3 do 5 thing 4 a 5 thing 8 a 9 right 9 right 10 to 10 to 11 do 11 do 12 . that wouldn't be honest . 1 that 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 be 2 wouldn't 4 honest 4 honest 5 . i 've got [to] [think] [of] some other way [of] [saving] [those] [ducks] . " 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 7 some 7 some 8 other 8 other 9 way 8 other 14 . 14 . 15 " the frown on his freckled face grew deeper , and for a long time he sat without moving . 1 the 2 frown 2 frown 3 on 2 frown 5 freckled 4 his 5 freckled 5 freckled 6 face 5 freckled 8 deeper 5 freckled 11 for 5 freckled 13 long 7 grew 8 deeper 8 deeper 10 and 9 , 10 and 12 a 13 long 13 long 14 time 13 long 18 moving 14 time 15 he 16 sat 18 moving 17 without 18 moving 18 moving 19 . suddenly his face cleared , and he jumped to his feet . 1 suddenly 8 jumped 2 his 3 face 3 face 4 cleared 4 cleared 6 and 4 cleared 8 jumped 5 , 6 and 7 he 8 jumped 8 jumped 11 feet 9 to 11 feet 10 his 11 feet 11 feet 12 . he began to chuckle . 1 he 4 chuckle 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 chuckle 4 chuckle 5 . " [i] have [it] ! " he exclaimed . 1 " 3 have 1 " 8 exclaimed 5 ! 6 " 5 ! 7 he 5 ! 8 exclaimed 8 exclaimed 9 . " [i] 'll do a [little] [shooting] [myself] ! " 1 " 3 'll 3 'll 4 do 4 do 10 " 5 a 9 ! 9 ! 10 " then he chuckled again and started for home . 1 then 6 started 2 he 3 chuckled 3 chuckled 4 again 3 chuckled 6 started 5 and 6 started 6 started 7 for 6 started 8 home 8 home 9 . presently he began to whistle , a way he has when he is in good spirits . 1 presently 2 he 1 presently 3 began 1 presently 7 a 1 presently 9 he 1 presently 12 he 1 presently 16 spirits 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 whistle 5 whistle 6 , 7 a 8 way 9 he 10 has 11 when 12 he 12 he 13 is 14 in 16 spirits 15 good 16 spirits 16 spirits 17 . blacky [the] [crow] watched him go , and [blacky] [was] [well] [satisfied] . 1 blacky 4 watched 1 blacky 13 . 4 watched 5 him 4 watched 6 go 6 go 8 and 7 , 8 and perhaps [blacky] [wouldn't] [have] [felt] [so] [sure] [could] he [have] [understood] [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] had [said] [about] [doing] a little [shooting] [himself] . 1 perhaps 9 he 9 he 17 had 17 had 21 a 21 a 22 little 22 little 25 . none of the [little] [people] of the [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] [knew] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [better] [than] [did] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 1 none 2 of 2 of 3 the 3 the 6 of 6 of 7 the 7 the 18 boy 18 boy 25 . none knew [better] [than] [he] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [their] [best] [friend] . 1 none 2 knew 2 knew 15 . " it is [all] right now , " [chuckled] [blacky] [.] 1 " 3 is 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 right 5 right 8 " 6 now 7 , 7 , 8 " " it is all right [now] . " 1 " 3 is 1 " 8 " 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 right 4 all 5 right 7 . 8 " [chapter] [xxv] [:] [blacky] [gets] [a] [dreadful] [shock] when [friends] [prove] [false] [,] [whom] [may] we [trust] [?] 1 when 8 we the springs of faith are turned to dust . 1 the 8 dust 2 springs 3 of 2 springs 4 faith 2 springs 5 are 2 springs 6 turned 2 springs 8 dust 6 turned 7 to 8 dust 9 . [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] [blacky] [the] [crow] [was] [in] [the] [top] [of] [his] [favorite] [tree] [over] [near] [the] [big] [river] [early] [this] [afternoon] [.] for a long time he sat there , seeing nothing unusual . 1 for 4 time 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 4 time 6 sat 5 he 6 sat 6 sat 11 unusual 7 there 11 unusual 8 , 9 seeing 9 seeing 11 unusual 10 nothing 11 unusual 11 unusual 12 . at last he [spied] [a] [tiny] [figure] [far] [away] [across] the [green] [meadows] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 11 the 2 last 3 he even at that distance he knew who it was [;] it [was] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , [and] he was coming [toward] [the] [big] [river] . 1 even 4 distance 2 at 3 that 2 at 4 distance 4 distance 5 he 5 he 6 knew 6 knew 9 was 6 knew 11 it 7 who 9 was 8 it 9 was 11 it 17 , 17 , 19 he 19 he 20 was 20 was 21 coming 21 coming 26 . " [i] [thought] [as] [much] , " [chuckled] [blacky] [.] 1 " 6 , 6 , 7 " " he is coming over here to drive that hunter away . " 1 " 3 is 1 " 13 " 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 coming 4 coming 5 over 4 coming 6 here 4 coming 10 hunter 7 to 8 drive 8 drive 10 hunter 9 that 10 hunter 10 hunter 11 away 12 . 13 " the tiny figure grew larger . 1 the 5 larger 1 the 6 . 2 tiny 5 larger 3 figure 5 larger 4 grew 5 larger it was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] beyond [a] doubt . 1 it 2 was 2 was 9 doubt 7 beyond 9 doubt 9 doubt 10 . [suddenly] [blacky] ['s] [eyes] [opened] [so] [wide] [that] [they] [looked] [as] [if] [they] [were] [in] [danger] [of] [popping] [out] [of] [his] [head] [.] he [had] [discovered] that [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] was [carrying] [something] [and] [that] [that] [something] was a gun ! 1 he 9 was 1 he 16 was 4 that 7 's 4 that 9 was 16 was 17 a 17 a 18 gun 18 gun 19 ! yes , [sir] , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [carrying] [a] [terrible] [gun] [!] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , " a gun ! ["] [croaked] [blacky] [.] 1 " 4 ! 2 a 3 gun 3 gun 4 ! " [farmer] [brown] 's boy [with] a [terrible] gun ! 1 " 4 's 1 " 10 ! 4 's 5 boy 7 a 9 gun 9 gun 10 ! what does it mean ? " 1 what 4 mean 1 what 5 ? 2 does 3 it 2 does 4 mean 5 ? 6 " [nearer] [came] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [,] [and] [blacky] [could] [see] [that] [terrible] [gun] [plainly] [now] [.] suddenly an idea popped into his head . 1 suddenly 4 popped 2 an 3 idea 3 idea 4 popped 4 popped 5 into 4 popped 7 head 6 his 7 head 7 head 8 . " [perhaps] he is going to [shoot] that [hunter] ! " [thought] [blacky] [,] and [somehow] he [felt] [better] . 1 " 4 is 1 " 10 ! 3 he 4 is 4 is 5 going 5 going 6 to 6 to 8 that 10 ! 11 " 10 ! 17 he 10 ! 20 . 15 and 17 he farmer [brown] 's boy [reached] [the] [big] [river] [at] [a] [point] [some] [distance] [below] [the] [blind] [built] [by] [the] [hunter] . 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 21 . he laid his gun down on the bank and went down to the edge of the water . 1 he 2 laid 2 laid 4 gun 2 laid 5 down 2 laid 8 bank 2 laid 11 down 3 his 4 gun 6 on 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 9 and 10 went 10 went 11 down 11 down 14 edge 12 to 14 edge 13 the 14 edge 14 edge 15 of 14 edge 16 the 14 edge 17 water 17 water 18 . the rushes grew very [thick] [there] [,] [and] [for] [a] [while] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [very] busy [among] [them] [.] 1 the 2 rushes 2 rushes 3 grew 3 grew 4 very 4 very 18 busy blacky from his high perch could watch him , and as he watched , he grew more and more puzzled . 1 blacky 5 perch 1 blacky 13 watched 2 from 5 perch 3 his 5 perch 4 high 5 perch 5 perch 6 could 5 perch 7 watch 5 perch 10 and 5 perch 11 as 7 watch 8 him 9 , 10 and 12 he 13 watched 13 watched 20 puzzled 14 , 15 he 15 he 16 grew 16 grew 17 more 17 more 20 puzzled 18 and 19 more 19 more 20 puzzled 20 puzzled 21 . it looked very much as if [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [building] [a] [blind] [much] [like] [that] [of] [the] [hunter] ['s] [.] 1 it 3 very 2 looked 3 very 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 as 5 as 6 if he was [quite] [hidden] [there] [,] [excepting] [from] a place [high] [up] like [blacky] ['s] [perch] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 9 a 9 a 10 place 10 place 13 like " [i] [i] [i] [do] [believe] he is going to [try] [to] [shoot] [those] [ducks] himself , " gasped [blacky] . 1 " 8 is 1 " 19 gasped 7 he 8 is 8 is 9 going 9 going 10 to 10 to 16 himself 17 , 19 gasped 18 " 19 gasped 19 gasped 21 . " [i] wouldn't [have] [believed] it [if] [any] [one] [had] [told] [me] . 1 " 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 6 it 6 it 13 . no , [sir] [,] [i] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [it] [.] 1 no 2 , i [i] can't believe it [now] . 1 i 4 believe 3 can't 4 believe 4 believe 5 it 5 it 7 . farmer [brown] 's boy hunting with a terrible gun ! 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 9 gun 5 hunting 9 gun 6 with 9 gun 7 a 9 gun 8 terrible 9 gun 9 gun 10 ! yet [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [believe] my own eyes . " 1 yet 11 " 7 my 8 own 8 own 9 eyes 8 own 10 . 10 . 11 " a noise up river caught his attention . 1 a 2 noise 2 noise 3 up 2 noise 7 attention 4 river 7 attention 5 caught 7 attention 6 his 7 attention 7 attention 8 . it was the noise of oars in a boat . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 the 3 the 9 boat 4 noise 5 of 4 noise 6 oars 6 oars 7 in 6 oars 9 boat 8 a 9 boat 9 boat 10 . there was the [hunter] [,] [rowing] [down] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 the just as he had done the day before , he came [ashore] [above] [his] [blind] [and] [walked] down [to] [it] . 1 just 2 as 1 just 11 came 2 as 3 he 2 as 10 he 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 done 5 done 8 before 6 the 7 day 7 day 8 before 9 , 10 he 11 came 18 down 18 down 21 . " this is no place for me , " [muttered] [blacky] [.] 1 " 4 no 2 this 3 is 3 is 4 no 4 no 5 place 5 place 6 for 6 for 7 me 7 me 9 " 8 , 9 " " [he] ['ll] [remember] that [i] [scared] [those] [ducks] [yesterday] , and [as] [likely] [as] [not] he ['ll] [try] to [shoot] [me] . " 1 " 5 that 1 " 11 , 11 , 24 " 12 and 17 he 17 he 20 to 20 to 23 . 23 . 24 " there [he] [sat] [until] [the] [black] [shadows] [warned] [him] [that] [it] was high time for him to be getting back to the [green] [forest] . 1 there 12 was 12 was 13 high 13 high 14 time 14 time 15 for 14 time 17 to 15 for 16 him 17 to 18 be 17 to 25 . 18 be 19 getting 19 getting 20 back 20 back 21 to 20 back 22 the he had to hurry , for it was later than usual , and he was afraid to be out after dark . 1 he 2 had 1 he 4 hurry 2 had 3 to 4 hurry 5 , 4 hurry 6 for 4 hurry 9 later 4 hurry 17 to 4 hurry 19 out 4 hurry 20 after 6 for 7 it 7 it 8 was 9 later 11 usual 10 than 11 usual 11 usual 12 , 11 usual 16 afraid 12 , 13 and 14 he 15 was 15 was 16 afraid 17 to 18 be 20 after 21 dark 21 dark 22 . " [it] is true , " [croaked] [blacky] [.] 1 " 3 is 1 " 5 , 3 is 4 true 5 , 6 " " [farmer] [brown] 's boy [has] [turned] [hunter] . " 1 " 4 's 1 " 10 " 4 's 5 boy 9 . 10 " it was such a [dreadful] [shock] [to] [blacky] that it was a long time before he could go to sleep . 1 it 2 was 1 it 11 was 2 was 4 a 2 was 9 that 3 such 4 a 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 a 12 a 13 long 13 long 14 time 13 long 15 before 15 before 17 could 16 he 17 could 17 could 20 sleep 18 go 20 sleep 19 to 20 sleep 20 sleep 21 . [chapter] [xxvi] [:] [why] [the] [hunter] [got] [no] [ducks] " it is well for you that you didn't wait for me to get nearer , " said the hunter . 1 " 3 is 1 " 4 well 2 it 3 is 4 well 6 you 4 well 7 that 5 for 6 you 7 that 20 hunter 8 you 10 wait 9 didn't 10 wait 10 wait 11 for 10 wait 12 me 10 wait 14 get 10 wait 15 nearer 13 to 14 get 15 nearer 20 hunter 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 said 18 said 19 the 19 the 20 hunter 20 hunter 21 . " you are smart enough to know that you can't play the same trick on me twice . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 smart 4 smart 5 enough 4 smart 14 trick 4 smart 18 . 5 enough 6 to 7 know 8 that 8 that 14 trick 9 you 10 can't 10 can't 11 play 11 play 14 trick 12 the 13 same 13 same 14 trick 14 trick 15 on 14 trick 17 twice 16 me 17 twice the hunter couldn't see him at all . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 5 him 3 couldn't 4 see 4 see 5 him 5 him 7 all 5 him 8 . 6 at 7 all he didn't have the least idea that any one else was anywhere near . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 2 didn't 5 least 2 didn't 12 anywhere 4 the 5 least 5 least 6 idea 6 idea 7 that 8 any 9 one 9 one 10 else 10 else 12 anywhere 11 was 12 anywhere 12 anywhere 13 near 12 anywhere 14 . far [down] [the] [big] [river] [the] [hunter] [saw] [a] swiftly moving black line just above the water . 1 far 15 above 10 swiftly 11 moving 10 swiftly 15 above 11 moving 12 black 11 moving 13 line 14 just 15 above 15 above 17 water 16 the 17 water 17 water 18 . " here [they] [come] , " he muttered [,] [as] [he] [eagerly] [watched] [that] [black] [line] [draw] [nearer] . 1 " 2 here 2 here 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 8 muttered 7 he 8 muttered 8 muttered 19 . [twice] [those] [big] [black] [birds] [circled] [around] [over] [the] [big] [river] [opposite] [where] [the] [hunter] [was] [crouching] [behind] [his] [blind] [.] it [was] plain that [dusky] [,] [their] [leader] [,] [remembered] [blacky] 's [warning] the night [before] . 1 it 12 's 1 it 17 . 3 plain 4 that 4 that 12 's 14 the 15 night 15 night 17 . but this time there was no warning . 1 but 6 no 2 this 3 time 3 time 4 there 4 there 5 was 4 there 6 no 6 no 7 warning 7 warning 8 . everything appeared safe . 1 everything 2 appeared 1 everything 3 safe 3 safe 4 . once more the flock circled and then headed straight for that place where they hoped to find more corn . 1 once 2 more 1 once 5 circled 3 the 4 flock 4 flock 5 circled 5 circled 8 headed 6 and 7 then 7 then 8 headed 8 headed 9 straight 8 headed 10 for 8 headed 11 that 8 headed 12 place 8 headed 19 corn 12 place 13 where 14 they 15 hoped 15 hoped 17 find 15 hoped 19 corn 16 to 17 find 18 more 19 corn 19 corn 20 . the hunter crouched lower . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 crouched 3 crouched 4 lower 4 lower 5 . they were almost near enough for him to shoot when " bang , bang " went a gun a short distance away . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 almost 3 almost 9 shoot 4 near 9 shoot 5 enough 6 for 5 enough 9 shoot 6 for 7 him 8 to 9 shoot 9 shoot 10 when 9 shoot 11 " 9 shoot 14 bang 12 bang 13 , 12 bang 14 bang 14 bang 15 " 14 bang 16 went 14 bang 18 gun 14 bang 20 short 17 a 18 gun 19 a 20 short 20 short 21 distance 21 distance 22 away 21 distance 23 . instantly [dusky] and [his] [flock] [turned] [and] [on] [swift] [wings] [swung] [off] [and] [up] [the] [river] [.] 1 instantly 3 and if ever there was a disappointed hunter , it was the one crouching in that blind . 1 if 2 ever 1 if 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 5 a 4 was 13 crouching 6 disappointed 7 hunter 7 hunter 13 crouching 8 , 13 crouching 9 it 10 was 10 was 13 crouching 11 the 13 crouching 12 one 13 crouching 13 crouching 14 in 13 crouching 15 that 13 crouching 16 blind 16 blind 17 . " somebody else is hunting , and he spoiled my shot that time , " he muttered . 1 " 17 muttered 2 somebody 3 else 2 somebody 5 hunting 4 is 5 hunting 5 hunting 9 spoiled 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 7 and 9 spoiled 9 spoiled 10 my 9 spoiled 11 shot 11 shot 17 muttered 12 that 13 time 12 that 17 muttered 14 , 17 muttered 15 " 17 muttered 16 he 17 muttered 17 muttered 18 . " he must have a blind farther down . 1 " 3 must 2 he 3 must 3 must 4 have 3 must 7 farther 5 a 7 farther 6 blind 7 farther 7 farther 8 down 7 farther 9 . [probably] [some] [other] [ducks] [i] [didn't] [see] [came] [in] [to] [him] [.] i wonder if he got them . 1 i 2 wonder 1 i 5 got 2 wonder 3 if 4 he 5 got 5 got 6 them 6 them 7 . here 's [hoping] [that] [next] [time] [those] [ducks] come in [here] [first] . " 1 here 2 's 1 here 14 " 9 come 10 in 10 in 13 . 13 . 14 " he once more made himself comfortable and settled down for a long wait . 1 he 6 comfortable 2 once 3 more 3 more 6 comfortable 4 made 6 comfortable 5 himself 6 comfortable 6 comfortable 8 settled 6 comfortable 14 . 7 and 8 settled 8 settled 9 down 8 settled 13 wait 10 for 12 long 11 a 12 long 12 long 13 wait the [black] [shadows] [crept] [out] [from] [the] [farther] [bank] of the [big] [river] [.] 1 the 10 of 10 of 11 the [jolly] [,] [round] [red] [mr] [sun] [had] [gone] [to] [bed] [,] [and] [the] [first] [little] [star] [was] [twinkling] [high] [overhead] [.] it was very still and peaceful . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 6 peaceful 4 still 6 peaceful 5 and 6 peaceful 6 peaceful 7 . from [out] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [big] [river] [sounded] [a] [low] ["] [quack] " ; [dusky] and [his] [flock] [were] [swimming] in this time . 1 from 25 time 1 from 26 . 15 " 16 ; 16 ; 18 and 18 and 23 in 23 in 24 this 24 this 25 time presently the hunter could see a silver line on the water , and then he made out nine black spots . 1 presently 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 could 4 could 5 see 5 see 20 spots 6 a 7 silver 7 silver 8 line 7 silver 13 and 8 line 11 water 9 on 10 the 10 the 11 water 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 then 14 then 15 he 15 he 16 made 16 made 20 spots 17 out 20 spots 18 nine 20 spots 19 black 20 spots 20 spots 21 . in a few minutes [those] [ducks] [would] [be] [where] he [could] [shoot] [them] . 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 14 . 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 4 minutes 10 he " bang , bang " went that gun below him again . 1 " 4 bang 2 bang 3 , 2 bang 4 bang 4 bang 5 " 4 bang 6 went 4 bang 7 that 4 bang 8 gun 4 bang 9 below 4 bang 11 again 9 below 10 him 11 again 12 . with a [roar] [of] [wings] , [dusky] and [his] [flock] [were] [in] the air [and] [away] . 1 with 2 a 1 with 14 air 6 , 8 and 8 and 13 the 13 the 14 air 14 air 17 . that [hunter] stood up [and] [said] things , and they were not [nice] [things] [.] 1 that 12 not 3 stood 4 up 4 up 9 and 7 things 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 they 10 they 11 were 11 were 12 not he knew that [those] [ducks] would [not] come back again that [night] , and [that] once more he must go home [empty-handed] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 would 6 would 8 come 8 come 9 back 8 come 21 home 9 back 10 again 11 that 18 he 11 that 19 must 13 , 14 and 13 , 18 he 14 and 17 more 16 once 17 more 19 must 20 go 20 go 21 home 21 home 23 . he [found] [the] [blind] [of] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] , but there was no one [there] [.] 1 he 13 was 8 's 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 there 12 there 13 was 13 was 14 no 14 no 15 one you [see] , as soon as he had [fired] [his] [gun] the [last] [time] [,] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [slipped] [out] [and] [away] [.] 1 you 3 , 3 , 7 he 4 as 5 soon 5 soon 6 as 6 as 7 he 7 he 8 had 8 had 12 the and as [he] [tramped] [across] [the] [green] [meadows] [toward] [home] [with] his gun [,] [he] [chuckled] . 1 and 2 as 1 and 12 his 12 his 13 gun 13 gun 17 . " he [didn't] [get] [those] [ducks] [this] [time] , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 1 " 10 " 2 he 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 16 . [chapter] [xxvii] [:] [the] [hunter] [gives] [up] blacky [the] [crow] didn't know what to think . 1 blacky 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 know 4 didn't 8 think 4 didn't 9 . 5 know 6 what 7 to 8 think he couldn't make himself believe that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] had really [turned] [hunter] [,] [yet] [what] [else] could [he] [believe] [?] 1 he 2 couldn't 1 he 19 could 2 couldn't 5 believe 3 make 4 himself 3 make 5 believe 5 believe 6 that 5 believe 12 really 6 that 11 had and hadn't he with his own ears heard the " bang , bang " of that very gun ? 1 and 3 he 1 and 4 with 2 hadn't 3 he 4 with 18 gun 5 his 7 ears 6 own 7 ears 7 ears 13 bang 8 heard 9 the 8 heard 13 bang 10 " 13 bang 11 bang 12 , 11 bang 13 bang 13 bang 14 " 13 bang 15 of 13 bang 16 that 13 bang 17 very 13 bang 18 gun 18 gun 19 ? the very first thing [the] [next] [morning] [blacky] [had] [hastened] [over] [to] [the] [place] [where] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [hidden] in [the] [rushes] [.] 1 the 3 first 2 very 3 first 3 first 4 thing 4 thing 22 in with [sharp] [eyes] [he] [looked] [for] [feathers] , that [would] [tell] [the] [tale] [of] [a] [duck] [killed] [.] 1 with 8 , 1 with 9 that but there were no feathers . 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 were 2 there 4 no 2 there 5 feathers 5 feathers 6 . there wasn't a thing to show that anything so dreadful had happened . 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 4 thing 3 a 4 thing 4 thing 6 show 4 thing 12 happened 5 to 6 show 7 that 12 happened 8 anything 12 happened 9 so 10 dreadful 10 dreadful 12 happened 11 had 12 happened 12 happened 13 . perhaps [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [missed] [when] he [shot] [at] [those] [ducks] . 1 perhaps 9 he 9 he 14 . [blacky] [shook] [his] [head] [and] [decided] [to] [say] [nothing] [to] [anybody] [about] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [that] [terrible] [gun] [.] you may be sure that early in the afternoon he was perched in the top of his favorite tree [over] [by] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 4 sure 3 be 6 early 4 sure 5 that 6 early 12 perched 7 in 9 afternoon 8 the 9 afternoon 9 afternoon 12 perched 10 he 12 perched 11 was 12 perched 12 perched 13 in 12 perched 15 top 12 perched 18 favorite 12 perched 19 tree 14 the 15 top 15 top 16 of 17 his 18 favorite instead of going to the same hiding place he made a new one farther down . 1 instead 2 of 1 instead 3 going 1 instead 7 hiding 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 the 5 the 6 same 6 same 7 hiding 7 hiding 8 place 7 hiding 10 made 7 hiding 12 new 7 hiding 16 . 9 he 10 made 11 a 12 new 12 new 13 one 12 new 14 farther 14 farther 15 down then came the hunter a little earlier than usual . 1 then 2 came 2 came 7 earlier 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 7 earlier 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 earlier 7 earlier 8 than 7 earlier 9 usual 9 usual 10 . instead of [stopping] [at] [his] [blind] [,] [he] [walked] [straight] [to] the [blind] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy had first made . 1 instead 2 of 2 of 12 the 12 the 17 boy 17 boy 18 had 18 had 20 made 19 first 20 made 20 made 21 . of course , there was no one there . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 4 there 2 course 8 there 2 course 9 . 4 there 5 was 4 there 6 no 6 no 7 one the hunter looked both glad and disappointed . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 7 disappointed 3 looked 7 disappointed 4 both 7 disappointed 5 glad 7 disappointed 6 and 7 disappointed 7 disappointed 8 . but the same thing happened as on the night before . 1 but 3 same 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 thing 3 same 6 as 4 thing 5 happened 6 as 10 before 7 on 8 the 8 the 9 night 9 night 10 before 10 before 11 . just as [those] [ducks] [were] [almost] near [enough] [,] [a] [gun] [went] ["] [bang] [,] [bang] [,] ["] [and] [away] [went] [the] [ducks] [.] 1 just 2 as 2 as 7 near they didn't come back again , and once more a disappointed hunter went home without any . 1 they 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 come 2 didn't 16 any 3 come 4 back 4 back 5 again 4 back 7 and 5 again 6 , 8 once 9 more 8 once 10 a 8 once 12 hunter 11 disappointed 12 hunter 12 hunter 15 without 13 went 14 home 13 went 15 without 15 without 16 any 16 any 17 . the next afternoon he was on hand very early . 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 afternoon 3 afternoon 9 early 3 afternoon 10 . 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 on 5 was 8 very 6 on 7 hand 8 very 9 early he was there [before] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [arrived] , and [when] he did come , [of] [course] [the] [hunter] saw [him] [.] 1 he 2 was 1 he 21 saw 2 was 11 and 3 there 10 , 10 , 11 and 13 he 14 did 13 he 21 saw 14 did 15 come 15 come 16 , he [walked] [down] [to] [where] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was [hiding] in the [rushes] [.] 1 he 10 was 10 was 12 in 12 in 13 the " hello ! " said he . 1 " 2 hello 2 hello 3 ! 2 hello 5 said 3 ! 4 " 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 . " are you the one who was shooting here last night and the night before ? " 1 " 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 8 shooting 2 are 16 ? 4 the 8 shooting 5 one 8 shooting 6 who 7 was 6 who 8 shooting 8 shooting 9 here 8 shooting 14 night 8 shooting 15 before 10 last 11 night 10 last 14 night 11 night 12 and 13 the 14 night 16 ? 17 " farmer [brown] 's boy [grinned] . 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 6 . " yes , " said he . 1 " 2 yes 2 yes 3 , 2 yes 5 said 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 . " what luck did you have ? " asked the hunter . 1 " 9 asked 2 what 3 luck 2 what 4 did 2 what 7 ? 5 you 6 have 5 you 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 7 ? 9 asked 9 asked 11 hunter 9 asked 12 . 10 the 11 hunter " fine , " replied [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 1 " 5 replied 2 fine 3 , 3 , 5 replied 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 9 boy 5 replied 10 . " how many [ducks] did you get ? " asked the hunter . 1 " 10 asked 2 how 3 many 2 how 5 did 2 how 8 ? 6 you 7 get 6 you 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 10 asked 10 asked 12 hunter 10 asked 13 . 11 the 12 hunter farmer [brown] 's boy [grinned] [more] [broadly] [than] [before] . 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 10 . " none , " said he . 1 " 2 none 1 " 5 said 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 . " [i] [guess] [i] ['m] [not] [a] very good [shot] . ["] 1 " 9 good 8 very 9 good 9 good 11 . " then what did you mean by saying you had fine luck ? " demanded the hunter . 1 " 3 what 2 then 3 what 3 what 6 mean 4 did 6 mean 5 you 6 mean 6 mean 7 by 7 by 17 hunter 8 saying 12 luck 9 you 12 luck 10 had 12 luck 11 fine 12 luck 12 luck 15 demanded 12 luck 17 hunter 13 ? 14 " 13 ? 15 demanded 16 the 17 hunter 17 hunter 18 . the hunter lost patience . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 4 patience 3 lost 4 patience 4 patience 5 . he tried to [order] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [away] . 1 he 2 tried 2 tried 3 to 3 to 10 . but the latter said he had as much right there as the hunter had , and the hunter knew that this was so . 1 but 2 the 2 the 3 latter 2 the 18 hunter 3 latter 6 had 3 latter 8 much 4 said 5 he 5 he 6 had 7 as 8 much 8 much 11 as 9 right 10 there 9 right 11 as 12 the 18 hunter 13 hunter 14 had 13 hunter 18 hunter 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 the 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 knew 18 hunter 24 . 19 knew 20 that 19 knew 21 this 19 knew 22 was 22 was 23 so finally he gave up , and muttering angrily , he went back to his blind . 1 finally 2 he 1 finally 3 gave 1 finally 7 muttering 4 up 6 and 4 up 7 muttering 5 , 6 and 7 muttering 8 angrily 7 muttering 11 went 7 muttering 12 back 7 muttering 13 to 7 muttering 14 his 8 angrily 9 , 10 he 11 went 14 his 15 blind 15 blind 16 . [again] [the] [gun] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [frightened] [away] [the] [ducks] [just] [as] [they] [were] [coming] [in] [.] the next afternoon there was [no] [hunter] [nor] the next [,] [though] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [there] . 1 the 2 next 1 the 10 next 2 next 3 afternoon 4 there 5 was 5 was 9 the 9 the 10 next 10 next 19 . the [hunter] [had] [decided] [that] [it] was a [waste] [of] time [to] [hunt] there [while] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was [about] . 1 the 7 was 7 was 8 a 8 a 11 time 11 time 14 there 14 there 20 was 20 was 22 . [chapter] [xxviii] [:] [blacky] [has] [a] [talk] [with] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] doubt [not] [a] [friend] , [but] [to] [the] [last] [grip] [hard] [on] [faith] [and] [hold] it [fast] [.] 1 doubt 16 it 5 , 16 it [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] every morning [blacky] [the] [crow] [visited] [the] [rushes] [along] [the] [shore] [of] [the] [big] [river] , [hoping] [to] [find] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [.] 1 every 2 morning 2 morning 16 , he was [anxious] , was [blacky] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 5 was 2 was 4 , 5 was 7 . he [feared] [that] [dusky] or some of his [flock] [had] [been] [killed] , and he wanted to know . 1 he 5 or 1 he 8 his 6 some 7 of 7 of 8 his 8 his 19 . 13 , 14 and 13 , 15 he 15 he 16 wanted 16 wanted 17 to 16 wanted 18 know 18 know 19 . you [see] , he knew that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] had been [shooting] [over] there . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 knew 4 he 11 had 5 knew 6 that 11 had 12 been 12 been 15 there 15 there 16 . at last , [early] [one] [morning] [,] [he] [found] [dusky] and his [flock] [in] the [rushes] [and] [wild] [rice] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 15 the 2 last 3 , 3 , 11 and 11 and 12 his eagerly he counted them . 1 eagerly 3 counted 1 eagerly 5 . 2 he 3 counted 3 counted 4 them there were nine . 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 nine 3 nine 4 . not one was missing . 1 not 4 missing 2 one 4 missing 3 was 4 missing 4 missing 5 . blacky sighed with relief and dropped [down] [on] [the] [shore] [close] [to] [where] [dusky] [was] [taking] [a] [nap] [.] 1 blacky 4 relief 2 sighed 4 relief 3 with 4 relief 4 relief 6 dropped 5 and 6 dropped " hello ! " said [blacky] [.] 1 " 2 hello 2 hello 3 ! 2 hello 5 said 3 ! 4 " dusky awoke with a start . 1 dusky 2 awoke 2 awoke 5 start 3 with 5 start 4 a 5 start 5 start 6 . " hello , yourself , " said he . 1 " 2 hello 2 hello 3 , 2 hello 4 yourself 2 hello 5 , 2 hello 6 " 2 hello 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 . " we haven't [lost] [a] [feather] [,] ["] [declared] [dusky] . 1 " 3 haven't 2 we 3 haven't 3 haven't 11 . " that [gun] [wasn't] [fired] [at] [us] , [anyway] . " 1 " 2 that 1 " 8 , 8 , 11 " 10 . 11 " " then who was it [fired] [at] ? " [demanded] [blacky] [.] 1 " 2 then 1 " 3 who 3 who 4 was 3 who 8 ? 5 it 8 ? 8 ? 9 " " [i] [haven't] [the] [least] [idea] , " replied [dusky] . 1 " 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 replied 9 replied 11 . " have you [seen] [any] [other] [ducks] [about] here ? " [inquired] [blacky] [.] 1 " 3 you 2 have 3 you 3 you 10 ? 9 here 10 ? 10 ? 11 " " not one , " was [dusky] ['s] [prompt] reply . 1 " 10 reply 2 not 10 reply 3 one 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 10 reply 6 was 10 reply 10 reply 11 . " if [there] had [been] [any] , [i] guess we would have known it . " 1 " 2 if 1 " 16 " 4 had 7 , 7 , 16 " 9 guess 10 we 10 we 12 have 11 would 12 have 12 have 13 known 13 known 14 it 14 it 15 . 15 . 16 " " did you know that [when] that [terrible] [gun] [was] [fired] there was [another] [terrible] [gun] [right] [over] [behind] [those] [bushes] ? " asked [blacky] . 1 " 24 asked 2 did 22 ? 3 you 4 know 3 you 22 ? 4 know 5 that 4 know 7 that 7 that 13 was 12 there 13 was 22 ? 23 " 22 ? 24 asked 24 asked 26 . dusky shook his head . 1 dusky 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 . we didn't want to take any chances . " 1 we 7 chances 2 didn't 3 want 2 didn't 7 chances 4 to 5 take 5 take 7 chances 6 any 7 chances 7 chances 8 . 8 . 9 " " it is a [lucky] thing you [did] , " replied [blacky] . 1 " 3 is 1 " 11 replied 2 it 3 is 3 is 6 thing 4 a 6 thing 7 you 9 , 9 , 11 replied 10 " 11 replied 11 replied 13 . " [there] was [a] [hunter] [hiding] [behind] [those] [bushes] all [the] [time] [.] 1 " 10 all 3 was 10 all i warned you of him once [.] ["] 1 i 2 warned 2 warned 3 you 2 warned 4 of 2 warned 5 him 2 warned 6 once " that reminds me [that] [i] [haven't] [thanked] you , " said [dusky] . 1 " 3 reminds 2 that 3 reminds 3 reminds 4 me 4 me 14 . 9 you 11 " 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 14 . " [i] [knew] there was something wrong [over] [here] , but [i] didn't know what . 1 " 4 there 1 " 10 , 4 there 5 was 4 there 6 something 6 something 7 wrong 10 , 11 but 11 but 13 didn't 13 didn't 14 know 14 know 15 what 15 what 16 . so it was a hunter . 1 so 5 hunter 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 . i guess it is a good thing [that] [i] [heeded] [your] [warn-ing] [.] ["] 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 7 thing 5 a 6 good 5 a 7 thing " [i] [guess] it is , " [retorted] [blacky] [dryly] [.] 1 " 5 is 1 " 6 , 4 it 5 is 6 , 7 " " do you come here [in] [daytime] [instead] [of] [night] now ? " 1 " 13 " 2 do 3 you 2 do 11 now 2 do 12 ? 3 you 4 come 4 come 5 here 12 ? 13 " " no , " replied [dusky] . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 . " we come in after dark and spend the night here . 1 " 2 we 2 we 11 here 3 come 8 spend 3 come 11 here 4 in 6 dark 5 after 6 dark 6 dark 7 and 6 dark 8 spend 8 spend 9 the 8 spend 10 night 11 here 12 . there is nothing to fear from hunters after dark . 1 there 2 is 1 there 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 to 3 nothing 5 fear 5 fear 7 hunters 6 from 7 hunters 7 hunters 9 dark 8 after 9 dark 9 dark 10 . we 've given up coming here until late in the evening . 1 we 2 've 2 've 3 given 3 given 4 up 3 given 8 late 5 coming 6 here 5 coming 7 until 7 until 8 late 8 late 11 evening 8 late 12 . 9 in 11 evening 10 the 11 evening and since we did that , we haven't heard a gun [.] ["] 1 and 2 since 2 since 8 haven't 3 we 4 did 3 we 8 haven't 5 that 8 haven't 6 , 7 we 7 we 8 haven't 8 haven't 9 heard 8 haven't 11 gun 10 a 11 gun blacky gossiped a while longer , then flew off to look for his breakfast ; and as he flew his heart was light . 1 blacky 2 gossiped 2 gossiped 3 a 2 gossiped 4 while 2 gossiped 5 longer 2 gossiped 6 , 2 gossiped 7 then 2 gossiped 8 flew 8 flew 9 off 9 off 19 flew 9 off 24 . 10 to 11 look 11 look 12 for 12 for 14 breakfast 13 his 14 breakfast 14 breakfast 19 flew 15 ; 16 and 16 and 19 flew 17 as 18 he 18 he 19 flew 19 flew 23 light 20 his 21 heart 21 heart 22 was 21 heart 23 light his shrewd little eyes twinkled . 1 his 5 twinkled 2 shrewd 3 little 2 shrewd 5 twinkled 4 eyes 5 twinkled 5 twinkled 6 . " [i] [ought] [to] [have] [known] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [better] [than] [even] [to] [suspect] [him] , " thought he . 1 " 17 , 17 , 18 " 18 " 19 thought 19 thought 20 he 20 he 21 . " [i] [know] [now] why [he] [had] [that] [terrible] [gun] . 1 " 5 why 5 why 11 . it was [to] [frighten] [those] [ducks] [away] so that [the] [hunter] would [not] have a chance [to] [shoot] [them] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 8 so 8 so 9 that 9 that 12 would 12 would 14 have 14 have 16 chance 15 a 16 chance 16 chance 20 . he wasn't shooting at anything . 1 he 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 shooting 3 shooting 4 at 3 shooting 5 anything 3 shooting 6 . he [just] [fired] [in] [the] [air] to [scare] [those] [ducks] [away] . 1 he 7 to 7 to 12 . i know it just as well as if [i] had seen him do it . 1 i 2 know 1 i 13 do 2 know 6 well 3 it 4 just 4 just 5 as 5 as 6 well 6 well 7 as 7 as 8 if 8 if 10 had 10 had 11 seen 11 seen 12 him 13 do 14 it 14 it 15 . i 'll never [doubt] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] again . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 never 3 never 9 again 9 again 10 . and [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [didn't] [say] a word to [anybody] [about] [seeing] him [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] . " 1 and 14 him 8 a 9 word 9 word 10 to 10 to 14 him 14 him 19 . 19 . 20 " blacky was right . 1 blacky 3 right 2 was 3 right 3 right 4 . while appearing to be an enemy , he really [had] [been] a friend [of] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [and] [his] [flock] . 1 while 2 appearing 2 appearing 4 be 2 appearing 6 enemy 3 to 4 be 5 an 6 enemy 6 enemy 9 really 6 enemy 13 friend 6 enemy 22 . 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 really 12 a 13 friend [chapter] [xxix] [:] [blacky] [discovers] [an] [egg] blacky is fond of eggs , as you know . 1 blacky 5 eggs 1 blacky 7 as 1 blacky 9 know 1 blacky 10 . 2 is 3 fond 3 fond 4 of 3 fond 5 eggs 5 eggs 6 , 8 you 9 know in this [he] is a great deal [like] [other] [people] [,] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [for] [instance] [.] 1 in 2 this 2 this 4 is 4 is 5 a 5 a 7 deal 6 great 7 deal but [as] [blacky] [cannot] [keep] [hens] [,] as [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] does [,] [he] [is] [obliged] [to] [steal] [eggs] [or] [else] [go] [without] . 1 but 13 does 8 as 13 does 13 does 25 . he quite [overlooks] [the] [fact] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [feeds] [the] [biddies] [and] [takes] [the] [eggs] [as] [pay] [.] 1 he 2 quite anyway , [that] [is] what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [says] [,] [but] [i] [do] [not] [know] [whether] [or] [not] [the] [biddies] [understand] [it] [that] [way] [.] 1 anyway 2 , 1 anyway 5 what so [blacky] [the] [crow] [cannot] [see] [why] he [should] [not] [help] [himself] [to] [an] [egg] [when] [he] [gets] [the] [chance] . 1 so 8 he 8 he 21 . the [eggs] [he] [does] [get] [are] [mostly] [those] of his [neighbors] [in] [the] [green] [forest] and [the] [old] [orchard] [.] 1 the 9 of 9 of 10 his 10 his 16 and blacky knows quite as well as any one what a gun looks like . 1 blacky 2 knows 1 blacky 11 gun 2 knows 5 well 2 knows 7 any 2 knows 9 what 3 quite 5 well 4 as 5 well 5 well 6 as 7 any 8 one 10 a 11 gun 11 gun 12 looks 11 gun 14 . 12 looks 13 like he [also] [knows] [that] [without] [a] [terrible] [gun] [,] [there] is [little] [farmer] [brown] [or] [any] [one] [else] [can] [do] to [him] . 1 he 11 is 1 he 21 to 21 to 23 . but [blacky] [doesn't] do [anything] [of] [this] [kind] [around] [the] [buildings] [of] [farmer] [brown] . 1 but 4 do 4 do 15 . though he has [suspected] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [would] [not] [now] [try] to [harm] [him] [,] [blacky] [is] [naturally] [cautious] [and] [takes] [no] [chances] . 1 though 2 he 2 he 3 has 3 has 14 to 14 to 26 . first he [sits] [in] [a] [tall] [tree] [from] [which] [he] [can] [watch] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [home] [.] 1 first 2 he it was on one of [these] [silent] [visits] [that] [blacky] [spied] [something] [which] [he] [couldn't] [forget] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 on 2 was 4 one 4 one 5 of 5 of 17 . it was a box just inside the henhouse door . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 box 4 box 8 henhouse 5 just 6 inside 6 inside 8 henhouse 7 the 8 henhouse 8 henhouse 9 door 8 henhouse 10 . in the box was some hay and in that hay he was sure that he had seen an egg . 1 in 10 hay 2 the 3 box 3 box 10 hay 4 was 10 hay 5 some 10 hay 6 hay 7 and 6 hay 8 in 6 hay 9 that 6 hay 10 hay 10 hay 11 he 10 hay 12 was 10 hay 13 sure 10 hay 20 . 13 sure 14 that 13 sure 19 egg 15 he 16 had 16 had 17 seen 17 seen 19 egg 18 an 19 egg in fact , he was sure that he saw two eggs there . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 2 fact 5 was 2 fact 7 that 2 fact 11 eggs 2 fact 12 there 2 fact 13 . 6 sure 7 that 8 he 9 saw 9 saw 11 eggs 10 two 11 eggs he might not have noticed them but for the fact that a hen had jumped down from that box , making a terrible fuss . 1 he 5 noticed 2 might 3 not 2 might 4 have 4 have 5 noticed 5 noticed 6 them 5 noticed 10 fact 6 them 7 but 8 for 9 the 9 the 10 fact 10 fact 11 that 10 fact 13 hen 12 a 13 hen 13 hen 14 had 13 hen 15 jumped 13 hen 18 that 13 hen 19 box 15 jumped 16 down 15 jumped 17 from 19 box 20 , 19 box 24 fuss 21 making 24 fuss 22 a 24 fuss 23 terrible 24 fuss 24 fuss 25 . she didn't seem frightened , but very proud . 1 she 4 frightened 2 didn't 3 seem 3 seem 4 frightened 4 frightened 6 but 4 frightened 8 proud 4 frightened 9 . 5 , 6 but 7 very 8 proud what [under] [the] [sun] [she] had to [be] [proud] [about] [blacky] [couldn't] [understand] [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [stay] [to] find out . 1 what 6 had 6 had 7 to 7 to 20 find 20 find 21 out 21 out 22 . the noise she was making made him nervous . 1 the 2 noise 2 noise 5 making 2 noise 8 nervous 3 she 4 was 4 was 5 making 6 made 7 him 6 made 8 nervous 8 nervous 9 . he was afraid that it would bring some one to find out what was going on . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 afraid 3 afraid 6 would 3 afraid 15 going 4 that 6 would 5 it 6 would 6 would 7 bring 6 would 11 find 7 bring 8 some 8 some 9 one 9 one 10 to 11 find 12 out 13 what 15 going 14 was 15 going 15 going 16 on 16 on 17 . so he spread his black wings and flew away as silently as he had come . 1 so 2 he 2 he 6 wings 3 spread 6 wings 4 his 6 wings 5 black 6 wings 6 wings 7 and 6 wings 8 flew 6 wings 11 silently 8 flew 9 away 10 as 11 silently 11 silently 12 as 11 silently 15 come 11 silently 16 . 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 come as he was flying away he saw those eggs . 1 as 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 flying 4 flying 5 away 4 flying 9 eggs 6 he 7 saw 7 saw 9 eggs 8 those 9 eggs 9 eggs 10 . that one glance was enough . 1 that 5 enough 2 one 3 glance 3 glance 5 enough 4 was 5 enough 5 enough 6 . you know [blacky] ['s] [eyes] are very [sharp] [.] 1 you 2 know 1 you 6 are 6 are 7 very he saw [the] [hay] [in] [the] [box] and [the] [two] [eggs] [in] [the] [hay] , and that was enough for him . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 21 him 8 and 18 was 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 that 17 that 18 was 18 was 19 enough 19 enough 20 for 20 for 21 him 21 him 22 . from [that] [instant] [blacky] the [crow] [began] [to] [scheme] [and] [plan] [to] [get] one [or] [both] of [those] [eggs] . 1 from 5 the 1 from 14 one 14 one 17 of 17 of 20 . [chapter] [xxx] [:] [blacky] [screws] [up] [his] [courage] if out of sight , then out of mind . 1 if 9 mind 2 out 3 of 2 out 4 sight 2 out 9 mind 4 sight 6 then 4 sight 8 of 5 , 6 then 7 out 8 of 9 mind 10 . this is a saying which you often hear . 1 this 2 is 2 is 3 a 2 is 4 saying 4 saying 8 hear 5 which 6 you 6 you 8 hear 7 often 8 hear 8 hear 9 . it may be true sometimes , but it is very far from true at other times . 1 it 13 true 2 may 3 be 3 be 13 true 4 true 5 sometimes 4 true 7 but 4 true 13 true 6 , 7 but 8 it 13 true 9 is 10 very 9 is 13 true 10 very 11 far 11 far 12 from 13 true 16 times 13 true 17 . 14 at 16 times 15 other 16 times take the [case] [of] [blacky] [.] 1 take 2 the then , as [he] [flew] [away] [toward] the [green] [forest] [,] [those] [eggs] [were] [out] of [sight] [,] [of] course . 1 then 2 , 1 then 8 the 2 , 3 as 8 the 16 of 16 of 20 course 20 course 21 . but do you think they were out of mind ? 1 but 4 think 1 but 5 they 1 but 9 mind 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 think 5 they 6 were 7 out 8 of 7 out 9 mind 9 mind 10 ? not much [!] 1 not 2 much no , indeed ! 1 no 2 , 2 , 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 ! in fact , [those] [eggs] [were] [very] [much] [in] [blacky] ['s] mind . 1 in 2 fact 1 in 12 mind 2 fact 3 , 12 mind 13 . he couldn't think of anything else . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 think 2 couldn't 6 else 3 think 4 of 5 anything 6 else 6 else 7 . he [flew] [straight] to [a] [certain] [tall] [pine-tree] [in] [a] [lonely] [part] [of] the [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 4 to 4 to 14 the " there is [more] [in] one of those eggs [than] [in] [a] [whole] [nestful] [of] [welcome] [robin] ['s] [eggs] . 1 " 3 is 2 there 3 is 3 is 6 one 6 one 8 those 7 of 8 those 8 those 9 eggs 9 eggs 20 . it is a very long time since [i] have been lucky enough to taste a hen 's egg , and now is my chance . 1 it 2 is 1 it 11 lucky 3 a 11 lucky 4 very 11 lucky 5 long 6 time 5 long 7 since 7 since 10 been 7 since 11 lucky 9 have 10 been 11 lucky 12 enough 11 lucky 16 hen 12 enough 13 to 14 taste 16 hen 15 a 16 hen 16 hen 17 's 16 hen 18 egg 18 egg 19 , 18 egg 21 now 18 egg 24 chance 19 , 20 and 21 now 22 is 23 my 24 chance 24 chance 25 . i don't like having to go inside that henhouse , even though it is barely inside the door . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 having 4 having 9 henhouse 5 to 6 go 6 go 9 henhouse 7 inside 9 henhouse 8 that 9 henhouse 9 henhouse 15 barely 9 henhouse 18 door 9 henhouse 19 . 10 , 11 even 11 even 15 barely 12 though 15 barely 13 it 14 is 14 is 15 barely 15 barely 16 inside 17 the 18 door i 'm suspicious of doors . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 suspicious 3 suspicious 5 doors 3 suspicious 6 . 4 of 5 doors they have a way of closing most unexpectedly . 1 they 2 have 2 have 8 unexpectedly 3 a 4 way 4 way 8 unexpectedly 5 of 6 closing 6 closing 8 unexpectedly 7 most 8 unexpectedly 8 unexpectedly 9 . i [might] [see] [if] [i] cannot get [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [to] [bring] [one] [of] [those] [eggs] out [for] [me] . 1 i 6 cannot 6 cannot 7 get 7 get 18 out 18 out 21 . but [that] [plan] [won't] [do] , come [to] [think] [of] [it] , because [i] [can't] [trust] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 but 7 come 6 , 7 come 7 come 12 , 12 , 13 because the old sinner is too fond of eggs himself . 1 the 2 old 2 old 3 sinner 3 sinner 4 is 3 sinner 5 too 3 sinner 6 fond 3 sinner 8 eggs 3 sinner 9 himself 3 sinner 10 . 6 fond 7 of [no] [.] i 've got to get one of those eggs myself . 1 i 10 myself 2 've 3 got 3 got 4 to 4 to 5 get 5 get 9 eggs 6 one 8 those 7 of 8 those 8 those 9 eggs 9 eggs 10 myself 10 myself 11 . it is the only way [i] can be sure of it . 1 it 2 is 1 it 8 be 2 is 4 only 3 the 4 only 4 only 5 way 7 can 8 be 8 be 9 sure 9 sure 10 of 9 sure 11 it 11 it 12 . " [the] [thing] to do is to make sure that [farmer] [brown] 's boy [and] [farmer] [brown] [himself] [are] [nowhere] [about] [.] 1 " 13 's 4 to 5 do 4 to 8 make 6 is 7 to 7 to 8 make 8 make 9 sure 9 sure 10 that 10 that 13 's 13 's 14 boy they ought to be down in the cornfield pretty soon . 1 they 8 cornfield 2 ought 3 to 2 ought 4 be 2 ought 8 cornfield 5 down 8 cornfield 6 in 7 the 6 in 8 cornfield 8 cornfield 9 pretty 8 cornfield 10 soon 8 cornfield 11 . with them down [there] [,] [i] have [only] to [watch] [my] [chance] [and] [slip] [in] . 1 with 2 them 2 them 3 down 2 them 16 . 7 have 9 to 9 to 16 . it won't take but a second . 1 it 2 won't 2 won't 3 take 3 take 6 second 4 but 6 second 5 a 6 second 6 second 7 . just a [little] [courage] [,] [blacky] [,] [just] [a] [little] [courage] [!] 1 just 2 a nothing in this world worth having is gained without some risk . 1 nothing 4 world 1 nothing 5 worth 2 in 4 world 3 this 4 world 5 worth 11 risk 5 worth 12 . 6 having 8 gained 7 is 8 gained 8 gained 11 risk 9 without 11 risk 10 some 11 risk the thing to do is to make sure that the risk is as small as possible . " 1 the 2 thing 2 thing 4 do 2 thing 16 possible 3 to 4 do 5 is 11 risk 6 to 7 make 7 make 8 sure 8 sure 9 that 8 sure 11 risk 10 the 11 risk 11 risk 16 possible 12 is 16 possible 13 as 16 possible 14 small 16 possible 15 as 16 possible 16 possible 17 . 17 . 18 " blacky shook out his feathers and then flew out of the tall pine-tree as silently as he had flown into it . 1 blacky 13 pine-tree 2 shook 4 his 2 shook 5 feathers 3 out 4 his 5 feathers 8 flew 6 and 7 then 7 then 8 flew 8 flew 13 pine-tree 9 out 10 of 10 of 13 pine-tree 11 the 13 pine-tree 12 tall 13 pine-tree 13 pine-tree 14 as 13 pine-tree 15 silently 13 pine-tree 17 he 13 pine-tree 19 flown 15 silently 16 as 18 had 19 flown 19 flown 20 into 19 flown 21 it 19 flown 22 . he [headed] [straight] [toward] [farmer] [brown] 's [cornfield] [.] 1 he 7 's he didn't have long to wait . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 2 didn't 6 wait 4 long 6 wait 5 to 6 wait 6 wait 7 . in fact , he had been there but a few minutes when he spied two people coming down [the] [long] [lane] [toward] [the] [cornfield] [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 4 he 5 had 4 he 14 spied 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 there 8 but 14 spied 9 a 10 few 10 few 11 minutes 11 minutes 14 spied 12 when 14 spied 13 he 14 spied 14 spied 15 two 14 spied 16 people 14 spied 17 coming 14 spied 18 down he looked at them sharply , and then gave a little sigh of satisfaction . 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 4 them 2 looked 5 sharply 5 sharply 9 gave 5 sharply 15 . 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 then 8 then 9 gave 9 gave 12 sigh 10 a 12 sigh 11 little 12 sigh 12 sigh 13 of 12 sigh 14 satisfaction they were [farmer] [brown] and [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 5 and presently they reached the cornfield and turned into it . 1 presently 5 cornfield 2 they 3 reached 3 reached 4 the 3 reached 5 cornfield 5 cornfield 7 turned 5 cornfield 8 into 5 cornfield 9 it 5 cornfield 10 . 6 and 7 turned he didn't fly straight there . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 fly 3 fly 4 straight 3 fly 5 there 5 there 6 . oh , my , no ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 my 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 5 no 1 oh 6 ! blacky is too clever to do anything like that . 1 blacky 4 clever 2 is 4 clever 3 too 4 clever 4 clever 7 anything 5 to 6 do 6 do 7 anything 7 anything 8 like 7 anything 10 . 8 like 9 that he flew [toward] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 flew 2 flew 7 . when he was quite sure , he silently flew down into the henyard as he had done many times before . 1 when 2 he 2 he 13 henyard 3 was 4 quite 4 quite 5 sure 5 sure 7 he 5 sure 8 silently 6 , 7 he 8 silently 13 henyard 9 flew 10 down 9 flew 13 henyard 11 into 13 henyard 12 the 13 henyard 13 henyard 14 as 13 henyard 15 he 13 henyard 17 done 13 henyard 19 times 16 had 17 done 18 many 19 times 19 times 20 before 20 before 21 . at last he could see the box with the hay in it . 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 he 3 he 4 could 4 could 5 see 5 see 10 hay 5 see 12 it 6 the 7 box 7 box 10 hay 8 with 10 hay 9 the 10 hay 10 hay 11 in 12 it 13 . he walked right up to the open door and peered inside . 1 he 2 walked 2 walked 3 right 3 right 11 inside 4 up 5 to 4 up 10 peered 6 the 7 open 7 open 8 door 7 open 10 peered 9 and 10 peered 10 peered 11 inside 11 inside 12 . there was nothing to be afraid of that he could see . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 nothing 3 nothing 6 afraid 3 nothing 10 could 3 nothing 12 . 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 afraid 6 afraid 7 of 8 that 10 could 9 he 10 could 10 could 11 see still he hesitated . 1 still 3 hesitated 2 he 3 hesitated 3 hesitated 4 . blacky closed his eyes for just a second , and when he did that he seemed to see himself eating one of those eggs . 1 blacky 2 closed 2 closed 4 eyes 2 closed 5 for 2 closed 6 just 3 his 4 eyes 6 just 8 second 6 just 11 when 7 a 8 second 8 second 10 and 9 , 10 and 11 when 12 he 12 he 13 did 12 he 19 himself 14 that 15 he 15 he 19 himself 16 seemed 17 to 17 to 18 see 17 to 19 himself 19 himself 20 eating 20 eating 24 eggs 21 one 23 those 22 of 23 those 23 those 24 eggs 24 eggs 25 . " what are you afraid of ? " he muttered to himself as he opened his eyes . 1 " 10 muttered 2 what 7 ? 3 are 7 ? 4 you 5 afraid 4 you 7 ? 5 afraid 6 of 7 ? 8 " 8 " 10 muttered 9 he 10 muttered 10 muttered 12 himself 10 muttered 13 as 10 muttered 15 opened 10 muttered 18 . 11 to 12 himself 13 as 14 he 15 opened 17 eyes 16 his 17 eyes then with a hurried look in all directions , he flew up to the edge of the box . 1 then 4 hurried 2 with 3 a 2 with 4 hurried 4 hurried 8 directions 4 hurried 13 to 4 hurried 15 edge 5 look 8 directions 6 in 8 directions 7 all 8 directions 8 directions 9 , 8 directions 11 flew 10 he 11 flew 11 flew 12 up 14 the 15 edge 15 edge 16 of 15 edge 17 the 15 edge 18 box 18 box 19 . there lay the two eggs ! 1 there 2 lay 2 lay 3 the 2 lay 5 eggs 4 two 5 eggs 5 eggs 6 ! [chapter] [xxxi] [:] [an] [egg] [that] [wouldn't] [behave] if you had an [egg] [and] [it] [wouldn't] [behave] [just] what would you do with [that] [egg] [,] [may] [i] [ask] ? 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 had 1 if 13 you 3 had 4 an 11 what 12 would 11 what 13 you 13 you 22 ? 14 do 15 with 14 do 22 ? to [make] [an] [egg] do [what] it don't want to do [strikes] [me] [like] [a] [difficult] [sort] [of] [a] [task] . 1 to 11 do 5 do 7 it 5 do 9 want 8 don't 9 want 9 want 10 to 10 to 11 do 11 do 21 . all of which is pure nonsense . 1 all 6 nonsense 2 of 5 pure 3 which 5 pure 4 is 5 pure 5 pure 6 nonsense 6 nonsense 7 . of course . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 . who ever heard of an egg either behaving or misbehaving ? 1 who 3 heard 1 who 11 ? 2 ever 3 heard 4 of 10 misbehaving 5 an 10 misbehaving 6 egg 10 misbehaving 7 either 10 misbehaving 8 behaving 10 misbehaving 9 or 10 misbehaving 10 misbehaving 11 ? [nobody] [.] that is , [nobody] [that] [i] [know] [,] [unless] [it] be [blacky] [.] 1 that 2 is 1 that 11 be 2 is 3 , it is best not to [mention] [eggs] [in] [blacky] 's [presence] [these] [days] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 10 's 1 it 14 . 2 is 3 best 2 is 4 not 4 not 5 to they are a forbidden topic when he is about . 1 they 5 topic 2 are 5 topic 3 a 5 topic 4 forbidden 5 topic 5 topic 6 when 5 topic 7 he 5 topic 8 is 5 topic 9 about 5 topic 10 . blacky is apt to be a little resentful at the mere mention of an egg . 1 blacky 15 egg 2 is 3 apt 3 apt 4 to 3 apt 5 be 3 apt 8 resentful 6 a 7 little 7 little 8 resentful 8 resentful 9 at 8 resentful 11 mere 8 resentful 12 mention 10 the 11 mere 12 mention 13 of 12 mention 15 egg 14 an 15 egg 15 egg 16 . i don't know [as] [i] [wholly] blame him . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 2 don't 7 blame 7 blame 8 him 7 blame 9 . well , that [is] the way [it] [is] with [blacky] the [crow] . 1 well 2 , 1 well 3 that 3 that 6 way 5 the 6 way 6 way 13 . 9 with 11 the 9 with 13 . if [any] [one] [had] told [blacky] that he didn't know all there is [to] [know] [about] [eggs] [,] [he] [would] [have] [laughed] [at] [the] [idea] [.] 1 if 9 didn't 5 told 7 that 7 that 8 he 8 he 9 didn't 9 didn't 10 know 10 know 11 all 10 know 13 is 12 there 13 is wasn't [he] [,] [blacky] [,] [hatched] [from] [an] [egg] [himself] ? 1 wasn't 11 ? and hadn't he , ever since he was big enough , hunted eggs and stolen eggs and eaten eggs ? 1 and 12 hunted 2 hadn't 3 he 2 hadn't 6 since 4 , 6 since 5 ever 6 since 6 since 12 hunted 7 he 8 was 7 he 12 hunted 9 big 10 enough 9 big 12 hunted 10 enough 11 , 12 hunted 19 eggs 13 eggs 14 and 13 eggs 16 eggs 15 stolen 16 eggs 16 eggs 17 and 16 eggs 18 eaten 16 eggs 19 eggs 19 eggs 20 ? if he didn't know about eggs , who did ? 1 if 3 didn't 1 if 9 did 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 about 4 know 8 who 5 about 6 eggs 7 , 8 who 9 did 10 ? that is the [way] he would have [talked] [before] his [visit] [to] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] . 1 that 2 is 1 that 5 he 2 is 3 the 5 he 6 would 5 he 10 his 6 would 7 have 10 his 17 . it is since then that it has been unwise to mention eggs . 1 it 2 is 1 it 9 unwise 3 since 9 unwise 4 then 9 unwise 5 that 9 unwise 6 it 9 unwise 7 has 8 been 7 has 9 unwise 9 unwise 10 to 9 unwise 11 mention 9 unwise 12 eggs 9 unwise 13 . when [blacky] saw the [two] [eggs] [in] [the] [nest] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] [how] [blacky] [did] [wish] [that] he could take [both] [.] 1 when 3 saw 1 when 20 he 3 saw 4 the 20 he 21 could 21 could 22 take but he couldn't . 1 but 3 couldn't 2 he 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 . one would be all that he could manage . 1 one 2 would 2 would 3 be 2 would 8 manage 3 be 4 all 4 all 5 that 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 manage 8 manage 9 . he must take his choice and go away while the going was good . 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 take 3 take 5 choice 4 his 5 choice 5 choice 6 and 5 choice 8 away 5 choice 9 while 5 choice 11 going 5 choice 14 . 7 go 8 away 9 while 10 the 11 going 13 good 12 was 13 good which should he take ? 1 which 2 should 2 should 4 take 2 should 5 ? 3 he 4 take it often happens in this life that things which seem to be unimportant , mere trifles in themselves , prove to be just the opposite . 1 it 3 happens 1 it 13 unimportant 2 often 3 happens 3 happens 4 in 3 happens 5 this 3 happens 6 life 3 happens 7 that 8 things 13 unimportant 9 which 13 unimportant 10 seem 11 to 10 seem 12 be 10 seem 13 unimportant 13 unimportant 14 , 13 unimportant 16 trifles 15 mere 16 trifles 16 trifles 17 in 16 trifles 18 themselves 16 trifles 19 , 16 trifles 20 prove 20 prove 22 be 20 prove 25 opposite 21 to 22 be 23 just 25 opposite 24 the 25 opposite 25 opposite 26 . as a matter of fact , it made all the difference in the world . 1 as 2 a 2 a 5 fact 3 matter 5 fact 4 of 5 fact 5 fact 6 , 5 fact 11 difference 7 it 11 difference 8 made 11 difference 9 all 11 difference 10 the 11 difference 11 difference 14 world 12 in 14 world 13 the 14 world 14 world 15 . one was [brown] [and] very good to [look] [at] . 1 one 2 was 2 was 5 very 5 very 6 good 5 very 10 . 6 good 7 to the other , the larger of the two , was white and also very good to look at . 1 the 5 larger 2 other 5 larger 3 , 5 larger 4 the 5 larger 5 larger 6 of 5 larger 7 the 5 larger 8 two 5 larger 9 , 5 larger 10 was 5 larger 11 white 5 larger 12 and 12 and 13 also 13 also 14 very 13 also 17 look 14 very 15 good 16 to 17 look 17 look 18 at 18 at 19 . in fact , [blacky] thought it the better of the two to look at , for it was very smooth and shiny . 1 in 2 fact 1 in 9 of 2 fact 3 , 5 thought 6 it 5 thought 7 the 5 thought 8 better 5 thought 9 of 9 of 22 shiny 9 of 23 . 10 the 22 shiny 11 two 22 shiny 12 to 13 look 13 look 14 at 13 look 15 , 13 look 16 for 16 for 22 shiny 17 it 18 was 18 was 19 very 19 very 22 shiny 20 smooth 21 and 20 smooth 22 shiny so [,] [partly] [on] [this] [account] [,] [and] [partly] [because] it was [the] [largest] [,] [blacky] [chose] [the] white [egg] . 1 so 11 it 11 it 12 was 12 was 19 white 19 white 21 . he fluttered to the ground just outside the door , and there he got a better grip . 1 he 2 fluttered 1 he 14 got 2 fluttered 5 ground 2 fluttered 7 outside 2 fluttered 11 and 3 to 5 ground 4 the 5 ground 6 just 7 outside 7 outside 9 door 8 the 9 door 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 there 13 he 14 got 14 got 17 grip 15 a 17 grip 16 better 17 grip 17 grip 18 . never had [blacky] felt [more] like [cawing] [at] [the] [top] [of] [his] [lungs] [.] 1 never 2 had 1 never 4 felt 4 felt 6 like you see , he felt that he had [been] [very] [smart] , and [i] [suspect] that he [also] felt that he had been [very] [brave] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 6 that 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 felt 5 felt 6 that 6 that 8 had 7 he 8 had 8 had 23 been 12 , 13 and 12 , 17 he 13 and 16 that 17 he 19 felt 19 felt 20 that 20 that 22 had 21 he 22 had 22 had 23 been 23 been 26 . he would have liked to boast a little . 1 he 4 liked 2 would 3 have 2 would 4 liked 4 liked 6 boast 4 liked 9 . 5 to 6 boast 6 boast 7 a 7 a 8 little but he didn't . 1 but 3 didn't 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 . he wisely held his tongue . 1 he 2 wisely 2 wisely 3 held 2 wisely 5 tongue 4 his 5 tongue 5 tongue 6 . it would be time enough to do his boasting after he had reached a place of safety and had eaten that egg . 1 it 3 be 2 would 3 be 3 be 9 boasting 4 time 9 boasting 5 enough 6 to 5 enough 9 boasting 7 do 9 boasting 8 his 9 boasting 9 boasting 10 after 9 boasting 13 reached 11 he 13 reached 12 had 13 reached 13 reached 17 safety 14 a 15 place 15 place 17 safety 16 of 17 safety 17 safety 18 and 17 safety 20 eaten 17 safety 22 egg 17 safety 23 . 19 had 20 eaten 21 that 22 egg he was [halfway] [across] the [old] [orchard] when he felt that egg beginning to slip . 1 he 2 was 1 he 10 felt 2 was 5 the 8 when 9 he 9 he 10 felt 10 felt 11 that 10 felt 15 slip 12 egg 15 slip 13 beginning 14 to 13 beginning 15 slip 15 slip 16 . now [at] [best] it [isn't] [easy] [to] [carry] [an] [egg] [without] [breaking] [it] [.] 1 now 4 it you know how very careful you have to be . 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 how 3 how 5 careful 3 how 6 you 3 how 9 be 4 very 5 careful 6 you 7 have 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 . just imagine [how] [blacky] [felt] [when] [that] [egg] [began] [to] [slip] [.] 1 just 2 imagine do what he would , he couldn't get a better grip on it . 1 do 2 what 1 do 13 it 3 he 4 would 3 he 7 couldn't 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 couldn't 7 couldn't 8 get 7 couldn't 11 grip 7 couldn't 13 it 9 a 11 grip 10 better 11 grip 11 grip 12 on 13 it 14 . it [slipped] a [wee] [bit] [more] [.] 1 it 3 a blacky started down towards the ground . 1 blacky 2 started 2 started 3 down 2 started 4 towards 4 towards 5 the 4 towards 7 . 5 the 6 ground but he wasn't quick enough . 1 but 3 wasn't 2 he 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 5 enough 4 quick 5 enough 5 enough 6 . [striped] [chipmunk] [,] [watching] [blacky] [from] [the] [old] [stone] [wall] [,] [saw] [something] [white] [drop] [from] [blacky] ['s] [claws] [.] he saw [blacky] [dash] [after] it and [clutch] at [it] [only] [to] [miss] [it] . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 6 it 6 it 15 . 7 and 9 at 9 at 15 . then the white thing struck a branch of an old apple tree , bounced off and fell to the ground . 1 then 2 the 2 the 7 branch 3 white 7 branch 4 thing 7 branch 5 struck 7 branch 6 a 7 branch 7 branch 8 of 7 branch 11 apple 9 an 10 old 9 an 11 apple 11 apple 12 tree 11 apple 14 bounced 12 tree 13 , 14 bounced 15 off 14 bounced 16 and 14 bounced 17 fell 14 bounced 20 ground 18 to 20 ground 19 the 20 ground 20 ground 21 . [blacky] [followed] [it] [.] [striped] [chipmunk] [stole] [very] [softly] [through] [the] [grass] [to] [see] [what] [blacky] [was] [doing] [.] blacky was standing close beside a white thing that looked very much like an egg . 1 blacky 15 egg 2 was 3 standing 3 standing 5 beside 4 close 5 beside 5 beside 7 white 5 beside 10 looked 6 a 7 white 7 white 8 thing 8 thing 9 that 10 looked 11 very 10 looked 13 like 11 very 12 much 13 like 15 egg 14 an 15 egg 15 egg 16 . he was looking at it with the queerest expression . 1 he 2 was 2 was 8 queerest 3 looking 4 at 3 looking 8 queerest 5 it 8 queerest 6 with 8 queerest 7 the 8 queerest 8 queerest 9 expression 9 expression 10 . he didn't . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 . that egg wasn't behaving right . 1 that 4 behaving 2 egg 4 behaving 3 wasn't 4 behaving 4 behaving 5 right 5 right 6 . it should have broken when it hit the branch of the apple tree . 1 it 2 should 2 should 3 have 3 have 4 broken 4 broken 9 branch 5 when 6 it 5 when 7 hit 7 hit 9 branch 8 the 9 branch 9 branch 10 of 9 branch 13 tree 11 the 13 tree 12 apple 13 tree 13 tree 14 . certainly it should have broken when he struck it that way with his bill . 1 certainly 5 broken 2 it 3 should 3 should 4 have 4 have 5 broken 5 broken 8 struck 5 broken 15 . 6 when 7 he 6 when 8 struck 8 struck 10 that 8 struck 12 with 8 struck 14 bill 9 it 10 that 10 that 11 way 13 his 14 bill however was he to eat that egg , if he couldn't break the shell ? 1 however 2 was 1 however 3 he 1 however 7 egg 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 7 egg 6 that 7 egg 7 egg 8 , 7 egg 14 shell 7 egg 15 ? 9 if 10 he 10 he 11 couldn't 11 couldn't 14 shell 12 break 14 shell 13 the 14 shell blacky didn't know . 1 blacky 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 . [chapter] [xxxii] [:] [what] [blacky] [did] [with] [the] [stolen] [egg] blacky was puzzled . 1 blacky 3 puzzled 2 was 3 puzzled 3 puzzled 4 . he didn't know what to [make] [of] [that] [egg] [he] had stolen from [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 1 he 11 had 2 didn't 3 know 2 didn't 5 to 3 know 4 what 11 had 12 stolen 12 stolen 13 from it wasn't like any egg he ever had seen or even heard of . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 like 2 wasn't 4 any 4 any 5 egg 4 any 13 of 4 any 14 . 6 he 12 heard 7 ever 9 seen 7 ever 12 heard 8 had 9 seen 9 seen 10 or 10 or 11 even 12 heard 13 of it was a beautiful-looking egg , and he had been sure that it would taste as good , quite as good as it looked . 1 it 4 beautiful-looking 2 was 4 beautiful-looking 3 a 4 beautiful-looking 4 beautiful-looking 5 egg 4 beautiful-looking 6 , 4 beautiful-looking 7 and 4 beautiful-looking 8 he 4 beautiful-looking 9 had 4 beautiful-looking 10 been 4 beautiful-looking 18 , 10 been 17 good 11 sure 12 that 11 sure 14 would 11 sure 15 taste 13 it 14 would 15 taste 16 as 15 taste 17 good 18 , 22 as 19 quite 20 as 20 as 22 as 21 good 22 as 22 as 23 it 22 as 24 looked 24 looked 25 . even now he wasn't sure that if he could only taste it , it would be all that he had hoped . 1 even 2 now 1 even 4 wasn't 1 even 7 if 3 he 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 5 sure 5 sure 6 that 7 if 8 he 8 he 9 could 8 he 21 hoped 9 could 10 only 9 could 11 taste 9 could 16 be 12 it 13 , 12 it 16 be 14 it 16 be 15 would 16 be 17 all 18 that 18 that 19 he 19 he 21 hoped 20 had 21 hoped 21 hoped 22 . but how could he taste it , when he couldn't break that shell ? 1 but 3 could 1 but 10 couldn't 2 how 3 could 4 he 10 couldn't 5 taste 6 it 5 taste 10 couldn't 7 , 9 he 8 when 9 he 9 he 10 couldn't 10 couldn't 13 shell 11 break 13 shell 12 that 13 shell 13 shell 14 ? he never had heard of such a shell . 1 he 2 never 2 never 4 heard 2 never 6 such 3 had 4 heard 4 heard 5 of 6 such 7 a 6 such 8 shell 8 shell 9 . he doubted if anybody else ever had , either . 1 he 7 had 2 doubted 3 if 2 doubted 4 anybody 2 doubted 6 ever 2 doubted 7 had 4 anybody 5 else 7 had 9 either 8 , 9 either 9 either 10 . he had hammered at it with his stout bill until he was afraid that he would break that , instead of the egg . 1 he 3 hammered 2 had 3 hammered 3 hammered 4 at 3 hammered 5 it 3 hammered 8 stout 3 hammered 9 bill 6 with 8 stout 7 his 8 stout 9 bill 10 until 9 bill 23 egg 10 until 11 he 12 was 13 afraid 13 afraid 17 break 14 that 16 would 15 he 16 would 16 would 17 break 17 break 23 egg 18 that 23 egg 19 , 20 instead 20 instead 21 of 20 instead 23 egg 21 of 22 the 23 egg 24 . but [the] [old] [orchard] [was] not [the] [place] for him to [work] [on] [that] [egg] [.] 1 but 6 not 6 not 9 for 9 for 10 him 10 him 11 to in the first place , [it] [was] [too] near [farmer] [brown] ['s] house . 1 in 4 place 1 in 13 house 2 the 3 first 3 first 4 place 4 place 5 , 9 near 13 house 13 house 14 . this made [blacky] [uneasy] [.] 1 this 2 made you [see] , he had something of a guilty conscience . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 had 4 he 9 guilty 6 something 9 guilty 7 of 9 guilty 8 a 9 guilty 9 guilty 10 conscience 10 conscience 11 . not that he felt at all a sense of having done wrong . 1 not 10 having 2 that 3 he 3 he 4 felt 4 felt 10 having 5 at 6 all 5 at 10 having 7 a 8 sense 8 sense 9 of 8 sense 10 having 10 having 11 done 11 done 12 wrong 12 wrong 13 . yet he [wasn't] [at] [all] [sure] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [would] [look] [at] [the] [matter] [quite] [that] [way] [.] 1 yet 2 he in [fact] [,] [he] [had] [a] [feeling] that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] would [call] [him] [a] [thief] if he should be [discovered] [with] [that] [egg] . 1 in 8 that 1 in 26 . 8 that 13 would 13 would 21 be 18 if 19 he 18 if 20 should 20 should 21 be then , too , there [were] [too] [many] [sharp] [eyes] [in] [the] [old] [orchard] [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 5 there 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , he wanted to get away where he could be sure of being alone . 1 he 2 wanted 1 he 8 could 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 4 get 4 get 5 away 6 where 8 could 7 he 8 could 8 could 9 be 9 be 10 sure 9 be 13 alone 11 of 12 being 12 being 13 alone 13 alone 14 . then if he couldn't break that shell , no one would be the wiser . 1 then 3 he 2 if 3 he 3 he 4 couldn't 4 couldn't 7 shell 5 break 7 shell 6 that 7 shell 7 shell 8 , 7 shell 10 one 9 no 10 one 10 one 14 wiser 11 would 14 wiser 12 be 14 wiser 13 the 14 wiser 14 wiser 15 . but he is [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 is in [fact] [,] [blacky] [is] [quite] like a little child [in] this [matter] [.] 1 in 12 this 7 like 10 child 7 like 12 this 8 a 9 little 8 a 10 child anything that is [bright] [and] [shiny] [interests] [blacky] right away . 1 anything 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 9 right 9 right 10 away 10 away 11 . always their pockets are filled with all sorts of useless odds and ends which they have picked up here and there . 1 always 3 pockets 2 their 3 pockets 3 pockets 4 are 3 pockets 5 filled 3 pockets 8 sorts 5 filled 6 with 7 all 8 sorts 8 sorts 9 of 8 sorts 11 odds 10 useless 11 odds 11 odds 12 and 11 odds 13 ends 11 odds 14 which 11 odds 15 they 11 odds 17 picked 11 odds 20 and 16 have 17 picked 17 picked 18 up 18 up 19 here 20 and 21 there 20 and 22 . blacky has no pockets , so he keeps his treasures of this kind in a secret hiding-place , a sort of treasure storehouse . 1 blacky 4 pockets 2 has 3 no 2 has 4 pockets 4 pockets 8 keeps 4 pockets 10 treasures 5 , 7 he 6 so 7 he 7 he 8 keeps 9 his 10 treasures 10 treasures 11 of 10 treasures 13 kind 10 treasures 14 in 10 treasures 16 secret 12 this 13 kind 15 a 16 secret 16 secret 17 hiding-place 17 hiding-place 18 , 17 hiding-place 20 sort 17 hiding-place 23 storehouse 19 a 20 sort 20 sort 21 of 22 treasure 23 storehouse 23 storehouse 24 . first [blacky] [took] [this] [egg] [over] [near] [his] [home] , and there [he] [once] [more] tried [and] [tried] [and] [tried] to [break] [the] [shell] . 1 first 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 there 11 and 16 tried 16 tried 21 to 21 to 25 . but [the] [shell] [wouldn't] [break] , not even [when] [blacky] [quite] [lost] [his] [temper] [and] [hammered] [at] it for all he was [worth] . 1 but 7 not 1 but 18 it 6 , 7 not 7 not 8 even 18 it 22 was 19 for 20 all 19 for 21 he 21 he 22 was 22 was 24 . little by little [he] [forgot] [that] [it] [was] [an] [egg] [.] 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little at least , he forgot that he wanted to eat it . 1 at 2 least 2 least 5 forgot 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 forgot 5 forgot 6 that 5 forgot 9 to 5 forgot 11 it 7 he 8 wanted 8 wanted 9 to 9 to 10 eat 11 it 12 . he began to find pleasure in just looking at it . 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 find 4 find 5 pleasure 4 find 10 it 5 pleasure 6 in 5 pleasure 7 just 5 pleasure 8 looking 8 looking 9 at 10 it 11 . it might not satisfy his stomach , but it certainly was very satisfying to his eyes . 1 it 13 satisfying 2 might 4 satisfy 3 not 4 satisfy 4 satisfy 6 stomach 4 satisfy 8 but 4 satisfy 10 certainly 5 his 6 stomach 7 , 8 but 9 it 10 certainly 10 certainly 13 satisfying 11 was 13 satisfying 12 very 13 satisfying 13 satisfying 14 to 13 satisfying 16 eyes 15 his 16 eyes 16 eyes 17 . he was glad he hadn't been able to break that shell . 1 he 2 was 1 he 5 hadn't 2 was 3 glad 4 he 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 6 been 5 hadn't 11 shell 7 able 8 to 7 able 11 shell 9 break 11 shell 10 that 11 shell 11 shell 12 . once more he spread his black wings and flew down to the egg . 1 once 2 more 2 more 4 spread 3 he 4 spread 4 spread 7 wings 5 his 7 wings 6 black 7 wings 7 wings 8 and 7 wings 9 flew 7 wings 13 egg 9 flew 10 down 10 down 11 to 10 down 12 the 13 egg 14 . he [cocked] his head [to] [one] [side] and [looked] [at] [it] [.] 1 he 3 his 3 his 4 head 4 head 8 and he [cocked] his head to the [other] [side] [and] [looked] [at] [it] . 1 he 3 his 3 his 4 head 4 head 13 . 5 to 6 the 5 to 13 . pretty , pretty , and all mine ! " 1 pretty 2 , 1 pretty 3 pretty 3 pretty 4 , 3 pretty 7 mine 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 all 7 mine 8 ! 8 ! 9 " than he craftily looked all about to make sure that no one was watching him . 1 than 3 craftily 2 he 3 craftily 3 craftily 4 looked 3 craftily 5 all 3 craftily 6 about 3 craftily 8 make 3 craftily 9 sure 3 craftily 15 him 3 craftily 16 . 7 to 8 make 9 sure 10 that 11 no 12 one 12 one 14 watching 13 was 14 watching 14 watching 15 him having made quite sure , he rolled the egg over and turned it around and admired it to his heart 's content . 1 having 2 made 1 having 7 rolled 3 quite 4 sure 4 sure 7 rolled 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 rolled 7 rolled 9 egg 7 rolled 10 over 7 rolled 11 and 7 rolled 14 around 8 the 9 egg 12 turned 13 it 12 turned 14 around 14 around 16 admired 15 and 16 admired 16 admired 17 it 16 admired 22 content 18 to 22 content 19 his 20 heart 20 heart 22 content 21 's 22 content 22 content 23 . at last he picked it up and carried it to his treasure-house and covered it over very carefully . 1 at 2 last 2 last 4 picked 3 he 4 picked 4 picked 5 it 4 picked 6 up 6 up 12 treasure-house 7 and 12 treasure-house 8 carried 12 treasure-house 9 it 12 treasure-house 10 to 12 treasure-house 11 his 12 treasure-house 12 treasure-house 13 and 12 treasure-house 14 covered 12 treasure-house 15 it 12 treasure-house 16 over 12 treasure-house 17 very 12 treasure-house 18 carefully 18 carefully 19 . blacky has had very many other adventures , but it would take another book to tell about all of them . 1 blacky 7 adventures 2 has 5 many 3 had 5 many 4 very 5 many 5 many 6 other 5 many 7 adventures 7 adventures 14 book 7 adventures 19 of 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 it 10 it 11 would 11 would 12 take 12 take 13 another 13 another 14 book 14 book 17 about 15 to 16 tell 16 tell 17 about 17 about 18 all 19 of 20 them 20 them 21 . that would be hardly fair to some of the other little people who also have had adventures and want them told to you . 1 that 2 would 2 would 3 be 2 would 4 hardly 4 hardly 5 fair 4 hardly 6 to 4 hardly 17 adventures 4 hardly 20 them 7 some 8 of 7 some 12 people 7 some 17 adventures 9 the 10 other 10 other 12 people 11 little 12 people 12 people 13 who 14 also 17 adventures 15 have 17 adventures 16 had 17 adventures 18 and 20 them 19 want 20 them 20 them 24 . 21 told 22 to 22 to 23 you 22 to 24 . end of [the] [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] [of] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of