It was clear that she had no intention of going to help Hooty . His splendid plan had failed just because stupid Hooty , who was n't stupid at all , had flown away when he ought to have sat still . It was very provoking . CHAPTER VII : Blacky Tries Another Plan When one plan fails , just try another ; Declare you 'll win some way or other . People who succeed are those who do not give up because they fail the first time they try . They are the ones who , as soon as one plan fails , get busy right away and think of another plan and try that . If the thing they are trying to do is a good thing , sooner or later they succeed . If they are trying to do a wrong thing , very likely all their plans fail , as they should . Now Blacky the Crow knows all about the value of trying and trying . He is n't easily discouraged . Sometimes it is a pity that he is n't , because he plans so much mischief . But the fact remains that he is n't , and he tries and tries until he can not think of another plan and just has to give up . When he invited all his relatives to join him in tormenting Hooty the Owl , he thought he had a plan that just could n't fail . He felt sure that Mrs. Hooty would leave her nest and help Hooty try to drive away his tormentors . But Mrs. Hooty did n't do anything of the kind , because Hooty was smart enough and thoughtful enough to lead his tormentors away from the nest into the darkest part of the Green Forest where their noise would n't bother Mrs. Hooty . So she just settled herself more comfortably than ever on those eggs which Blacky had hoped she would give him a chance to steal , and his fine plan was quite upset . Not one of his relatives had noticed that nest . They had been too busy teasing Hooty . This was just as Blacky had hoped . He did n't want them to know about that nest because he was selfish and wanted to get those eggs just for himself alone .
But now he knew that the only way he could get Mrs. XXXXX off of them would be by teasing her so that she would lose her temper and try to catch some of her tormentors .
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