CHAPTER IX: Blacky Thinks 0f Farmer Brown's Boy

"Such luck!" grumbled Blacky, as he flew over to his favorite treeto do a little thinking. "Such luck! Now all my neighbors know aboutthe nest of Hooty the 0wl, and sooner or later one of them will findout that there are eggs in it. There is one thing about it, though,and that is that if I can't get them, nobody can. That is to say,none of my relatives can. I've tried every way I can think of, andthose eggs are still there. My, my, my, how I would like one of themright now!"