Do not take the word of others That things are or are not so When there is a chance that you may Find out for yourself and know. - Blacky the Crow.

Blacky the Crow is a shrewd fellow. He is one of the smartest andshrewdest of all the little people in the Green Forest and on theGreen Meadows. Everybody knows it. And because of this, all hisneighbors have a great deal of respect for him, despite hismischievous ways.