Just as old Dandy-cock the Rooster , with head down and all the feathers on his neck standing out with anger , came charging at him , Blacky rose into the air and started over the Old Orchard toward the Green Forest . Never had Blacky felt more like cawing at the top of his lungs . You see , he felt that he had been very smart , and I suspect that he also felt that he had been very brave . He would have liked to boast a little . But he did n't . He wisely held his tongue . It would be time enough to do his boasting after he had reached a place of safety and had eaten that egg . He was halfway across the Old Orchard when he felt that egg beginning to slip . Now at best it is n't easy to carry an egg without breaking it . You know how very careful you have to be . Just imagine how Blacky felt when that egg began to slip . Do what he would , he could n't get a better grip on it . It slipped a wee bit more . Blacky started down towards the ground . But he was n't quick enough . Striped Chipmunk , watching Blacky from the old stone wall , saw something white drop from Blacky 's claws . He saw Blacky dash after it and clutch at it only to miss it . Then the white thing struck a branch of an old apple tree , bounced off and fell to the ground . Blacky followed it . Striped Chipmunk stole very softly through the grass to see what Blacky was doing .
XXXXX was standing close beside a white thing that looked very much like an egg .
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