Blacky peered over at the Green Forest and then over toward the Purple Hills , behind which jolly , round , red Mr. Sun would go to bed very shortly . He shivered as he thought of the Black Shadows that soon would come swiftly out from the Purple Hills across the Big River and over the Green Meadows . With them might come Hooty the Owl , and Hooty would n't object in the least to a Crow dinner . He wished he was in that hemlock-tree that very minute . Then Blacky looked at the hunter with his terrible gun and thought of what might happen , what would be almost sure to happen , unless those Ducks were warned . `` I 'll wait a little while longer , '' muttered Blacky , and tried to feel brave . But instead he shivered . CHAPTER XXII : Blacky Goes Home Happy No greater happiness is won Than through a deed for others done . -- Blacky the Crow . Blacky sat in the top of a tree near the bank of the Big River and could n't make up his mind what to do . He wanted to get home to the big , thick hemlock-tree in the Green Forest before dusk , for Blacky is afraid of the dark . That is , he is afraid to be out after dark . `` Go along home , '' said a voice inside him , `` there is hardly time now for you to get there before the Black Shadows arrive . Do n't waste any more time here . What may happen to those silly Ducks is no business of yours , and there is nothing you can do , anyway . Go along home . '' `` Wait a few minutes , '' said another little voice down inside him . `` Do n't be a coward . You ought to warn Dusky the Black Duck and his flock that a hunter with a terrible gun is waiting for them . Is it true that it is no business of yours what happens to those Ducks ?
Think again , XXXXX ; think again .
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