Some of them never had seen a nest of Hooty 's . And anyway , it would be just as much fun to tease Mrs. Hooty as it was to tease Hooty . `` Where is the nest ? '' they screamed , as they came back to where Blacky was cawing and pretending to be very much excited . `` Why , '' exclaimed one , `` that is the old nest of Redtail the Hawk . I know all about that nest . '' And he looked at Blacky as if he thought Blacky was playing a joke on them . `` It was Redtail 's , but it is Hooty 's now . If you do n't believe me , just look in it , '' retorted Blacky . At once they all began to fly over the top of the tree where they could look down into the nest and there , sure enough , was Mrs. Hooty , her great , round , yellow eyes glaring up at them angrily . Such a racket ! Right away Hooty was forgotten , and the whole crowd at once began to torment Mrs. Hooty . Only Blacky sat watchful and silent , waiting for Mrs. Hooty to lose her temper and try to catch one of her tormentors . He had hope , a great hope , that he would get one of those eggs . CHAPTER VIII : Hooty Comes To Mrs. Hooty 's Aid No one can live just for self alone . A lot of people think they can , but they are very much mistaken . They are making one of the greatest mistakes in the world . Every teeny , weeny act , no matter what it is , affects somebody else . That is one of Old Mother Nature 's great laws . And it is just as true among the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows as with boys and girls and grown people .
It is Old XXXXX Nature 's way of making each of us responsible for the good of all and of teaching us that always we should help each other .
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