If any one had told Blacky that he didn't know all there is to knowabout eggs, he would have laughed at the idea. Wasn't he, Blacky,hatched from an egg himself? And hadn't he, ever since he was bigenough, hunted eggs and stolen eggs and eaten eggs? If he didn'tknow about eggs, who did? That is the way he would have talkedbefore his visit to Farmer Brown's henhouse. It is since then thatit has been unwise to mention eggs

When Blacky saw the two eggs in the nest in Farmer Brown's henhousehow Blacky did wish that he could take both. But he couldn't. 0newould be all that he could manage. He must take his choice and goaway while the going was good. Which should he take?