He began to find pleasure in just looking at it . It might not satisfy his stomach , but it certainly was very satisfying to his eyes . He forgot to think of it as a thing to eat , but began to think of it wholly as a thing to look at and admire . He was glad he had n't been able to break that shell . Once more he spread his black wings and flew down to the egg . He cocked his head to one side and looked at it . He cocked his head to the other side and looked at it . He walked all around it , chuckling and saying to himself , `` Pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty and all mine , mine , mine , mine ! Pretty , pretty , and all mine ! '' Than he craftily looked all about to make sure that no one was watching him . Having made quite sure , he rolled the egg over and turned it around and admired it to his heart 's content . At last he picked it up and carried it to his treasure-house and covered it over very carefully . And there that china nest-egg , for that is what he had stolen , is still his chief treasure to this day , and Blacky still sometimes wonders what kind of a hen laid such a hard-shelled egg . Blacky has had very many other adventures , but it would take another book to tell about all of them . That would be hardly fair to some of the other little people who also have had adventures and want them told to you . CHAPTER I OLD MAN COYOTE LEADS BOWSER AWAY Though great or small the matter prove Be faithful in whate'er you do . 'T is thus and only thus you may To others and yourself be true . Bowser the Hound . Old Man Coyote is full of tricks . People with such clever wits as his usually are full of tricks .
On the other hand XXXXX the Hound is n't tricky at all .
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