So when he sees
Farmer Brown out in his fields, Blacky often will fly right over him
and shout "Caw, caw, caw, ca-a-w!" in the most provoking way, and
Fanner Brown's boy insists that he has seen Blacky wink when he was
doing it.
But Blacky doesn't do anything of this kind around the buildings of
Farmer Brown. You see, he has learned that there are doors and
windows in buildings, and out of one of these a terrible gun may
bang at any time. Though he has suspected that Farmer Brown's boy
would not now try to harm him, Blacky is naturally cautious and
takes no chances. So when he comes spying around Farmer Brown's
house and barn, he does it when he is quite sure that no one is
about, and he makes no noise about it. First he sits in a tall tree
from which he can watch Farmer Brown's home. When he is quite sure
that the way is clear, he flies over to the Old Orchard, and from
there he inspects the barnyard, never once making a sound. If he is
quite sure that no one is about, he sometimes drops down into the
henyard and helps himself to corn, if any happens to be there. It
was on one of these silent visits that Blacky spied something which
he couldn't forget. It was a box just inside the henhouse door. In
the box was some hay and in that hay he was sure that he had seen an
egg. In fact, he was sure that he saw two eggs there. He might not
have noticed them but for the fact that a hen had jumped down from
that box, making a terrible fuss.
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