sleep. "If they have any sense at all, they will stay in the pond of
Paddy the Beaver. But if they should go over to the Big River, they
would be almost sure to find that corn, and if they should once find
it, they would keep going back for more. It may be all right, but I
don't like the looks of it."

And still full of suspicions, Blacky went to sleep.



CHAPTER XIX: Blacky Makes More Discoveries

Little things you fail to see
May important prove to be.
- Blacky the Crow.

One of the secrets of Blacky's success in life is the fact that he
never fails to take note of little things. Long ago he learned that
little things which in themselves seem harmless and not worth
noticing may together prove the most important things in life. So,
no matter how unimportant a thing may appear, Blacky examines it
closely with those sharp eyes of his and remembers it.

The very first thing Blacky did, as soon as he was awake the morning
after he discovered the man scattering corn in the rushes at a
certain place on the edge of the Big River, was to fly over to the
pond of Paddy the Beaver and again warn Mr. and Mrs. Quack to keep
away from the Big River, if they and their six children would remain
safe. Then he got some breakfast. He ate it in a hurry and flew
straight over to the Big River to the place where he had seen that