Blacky boldly drew near until he was able to see what the man was doing . Then Blacky 's eyes stretched their widest and he almost cawed right out with surprise . The man was taking yellow corn from a bag , a handful at a time , and throwing it out in the water . Yes , Sir , that is what he was doing , scattering nice yellow corn among the rushes and wild rice in the water ! `` That 's a queer performance , '' muttered Blacky , as he watched . `` What is he throwing perfectly good corn out in the water for ? He is n't planting it , for this is n't the planting season . Besides , it would n't grow in the water , anyway . It is a shame to waste nice corn like that . What is he doing it for ? '' Blacky flew over to a tree some distance away and alighted in the top of it to watch the queer performance . You know Blacky has very keen eyes and he can see a long distance . For a while the man continued to scatter corn and Blacky continued to wonder what he was doing it for . At last the man went away in a boat . Blacky watched him until he was out of sight . Then he spread his wings and slowly flew back and forth just above the rushes and wild rice , at the place where the man had been scattering the corn . He could see some of the yellow grains on the bottom . Presently he saw something else . `` Ha ! '' exclaimed Blacky .
CHAPTER XVIII : XXXXX Becomes Very Suspicious Of things you do not understand , Beware !
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