She didn't seem frightened, but
very proud. What under the sun she had to be proud about Blacky
couldn't understand, but he didn't stay to find out. The noise she
was making made him nervous. He was afraid that it would bring some
one to find out what was going on. So he spread his black wings and
flew away as silently as he had come.
As he was flying away he saw those eggs. You see, as he rose into
the air, he managed to pass that open door in such a way that he
could glance in. That one glance was enough. You know Blacky's eyes
are very sharp. He saw the hay in the box and the two eggs in the
hay, and that was enough for him. From that instant Blacky the Crow
began to scheme and plan to get one or both of those eggs. It seemed
to him that he never, never, had wanted anything quite so much, and
he was sure that he would not and could not be happy until he
succeeded in getting one.
CHAPTER XXX: Blacky Screws Up His Courage
If out of sight, then out of mind. This is a saying which you often
hear. It may be true sometimes, but it is very far from true at
other times. Take the case of Blacky. He had had only a glance into
that nest just inside the door of Farmer Brown's henhouse, but that
glance had been enough to show him two eggs there. Then, as he flew
away toward the Green Forest, those eggs were out of sight, of
course. But do you think they were out of mind? Not much! No,
indeed! In fact, those eggs were very much in Blacky's mind.
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