to see if any one had heard him. No one had, so he chuckled
again. He cocked his head on one side and half closed his eyes, as
if that plan was something he could see and he was looking at it
very hard. Then he cocked his head on the other side and did the
same thing.

"It's all right, " said he at last. "It'll give my relatives a lot
of fun, and of course they will be very grateful to me for that. It
won't hurt Hooty or Mrs. Hooty a bit, but it will make them very
angry. They have very short tempers, and people with short tempers
usually forget everything else when they are angry. We'll pay them a
visit while the sun is bright, because then perhaps they cannot see
well enough to catch us, and we'll tease them until they lose their
tempers and forget all about keeping guard over those eggs. Then
I'll slip in and get one and perhaps both of them. Without knowing
that they are doing anything of the kind, my friends and relatives
will help me to get a good meal. My, how good those eggs will
taste!"

It was a very clever and cunning plan, for Blacky is a very clever
and cunning rascal, but of course it didn't deserve success because
nothing that means needless worry and trouble for others deserves to
succeed.



CHAPTER V: Blacky Calls His Friends

When Blacky cries "Caw, caw, caw, caw!" As if he'd dislocate his
jaw, His relatives all hasten where He waits them with a crafty air.