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 . Blacky was standing close beside a white thing that looked very much like an egg . He was looking at it with the queerest expression . Now and then he would reach out and rap it sharply with his bill , and then look as if he did n't know what to make of it . He did n't . That egg was n't behaving right . It should have broken when it hit the branch of the apple tree . Certainly it should have broken when he struck it that way with his bill . However was he to eat that egg , if he could n't break the shell ? Blacky did n't know .
CHAPTER XXXII : What Blacky Did With The Stolen Egg XXXXX was puzzled .
Blacky Chipmunk Striped bill branch clutch rap right shell way