"I'm thankful I knew enough to leave them alone, " exclaimed he. "Funny Inever once guessed whomse eggs they are. I might have known that noone but Hooty the Horned 0wl would think of nesting at this time ofyear. And that was Mrs. Hooty I saw on the nest just now. My, butshe's huge! She's hugeger than Hooty himself! Yes, Sir, it's a luckything I didn't try to get those eggs yesterday. Probably both Hootyand Mrs. Hooty were sitting close by, only they were sitting sostill that I thought they were parts of the tree they werein. Blacky, Blacky, the sooner you forget those eggs the better."

Some things are best forgotten As soon as they are learned.Who never plays with fire Will surely not get burned.