`` I wonder what he 'll do with that fat hen , '' muttered Blacky , as he watched Reddy race away with it thrown over his shoulders . `` He ca n't carry that hen far and keep out of the way of Bowser . I think I 'll follow and see what he does with it . '' So Blacky followed , and his eyes twinkled when he saw Reddy hide the fat hen in the hollow stump . He knew that no matter how far Bowser might chase Reddy , Reddy would come back for that fat hen , and he was rather glad to think that Reddy would have that good dinner after all . `` No one will ever think to look in that hollow stump , '' thought Blacky , `` and I certainly will not tell any one . Reddy has earned that dinner . Now I think I 'll go get something to eat myself . '' At that very instant Blacky 's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of a gray form with broad wings , and in a perfect panic of fear Blacky began to fly as fast as he knew how for a thick spruce-tree not far away . He plunged in among the branches and hid in the thickest part he could find . With little shivers of fear running all over him , he peeked out and watched that big gray form . On broad wings it sailed over to that hollow stump . Two long legs with great curving claws reached down in , and a moment later that fat hen was disappearing over the tree tops . Blacky sighed with relief . -LSB- Illustration : ON BROAD WINGS IT SAILED OVER TO THAT HOLLOW STUMP . Page 199 . -RSB- `` It 's a lucky thing for me that robber , Mr. Goshawk , saw Reddy hide that fat hen , '' muttered Blacky . `` If he had n't , he might have caught me , for I did n't see him at all . '' CHAPTER XLII ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL When things go wrong , just patient be Until the end you plainly see . For often things that seem all bad Will end by making all hands glad .
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