Whoever had laid those eggs was big and strong . He felt sure of that . It must be some one a great deal bigger than himself , and he was of no mind to get into trouble , even for a dinner of fresh eggs . He must first find out whose they were ; then he would know better what to do . He felt sure that no one else knew about them , and he knew that they could n't run away . So he kept right on flying until he reached a certain tall pine-tree where he could sit and think without being disturbed . `` Eggs ! '' he muttered . `` Real eggs ! Now who under the sun can have moved into Redtail 's old house ? And what can they mean by laying eggs before Mistress Spring has even sent word that she has started ? It 's too much for me . It certainly is too much for me . '' CHAPTER III : Blacky Finds Out Who Owns The Eggs Two big white eggs in a tumbledown nest , and snow and ice everywhere ! Did ever anybody hear of such a thing before ? `` Would n't believe it , if I had n't seen it with my own eyes , '' muttered Blacky the Crow . `` Have to believe them . If I ca n't believe them , it 's of no use to try to believe anything in this world . As sure as I sit here , that old nest has two eggs in it . Whoever laid them must be crazy to start housekeeping at this time of year .
I must find out whose eggs they are and then -- '' XXXXX did n't finish , but there was a hungry look in his eyes that would have told any who saw it , had there been any to see it , that he had a use for those eggs .
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