`` What luck did you have ? '' asked the hunter . `` Fine , '' replied Farmer Brown 's boy . `` How many Ducks did you get ? '' asked the hunter . Farmer Brown 's boy grinned more broadly than before . `` None , '' said he . `` I guess I 'm not a very good shot . '' `` Then what did you mean by saying you had fine luck ? '' demanded the hunter . `` Oh , '' replied Farmer Brown 's boy , `` I had the luck to see those Ducks and the fun of shooting , '' and he grinned again . The hunter lost patience . He tried to order Farmer Brown 's boy away . But the latter said he had as much right there as the hunter had , and the hunter knew that this was so . Finally he gave up , and muttering angrily , he went back to his blind . Again the gun of Farmer Brown 's boy frightened away the Ducks just as they were coming in . The next afternoon there was no hunter nor the next , though Farmer Brown 's boy was there . The hunter had decided that it was a waste of time to hunt there while Farmer Brown 's boy was about . CHAPTER XXVIII : Blacky Has A Talk With Dusky The Black Duck Doubt not a friend , but to the last Grip hard on faith and hold it fast . -- Blacky the Crow .
Every morning XXXXX the Crow visited the rushes along the shore of the Big River , hoping to find Dusky the Black Duck .
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