Fat hens were all about him . They were so fat that they could hardly walk . Not only were they fat , but they seemed to think that their one object in life was to fill the stomachs of hungry foxes , for they just stood about waiting to be caught . Never in all his life had Reddy Fox known anything so wonderful as was that dream . There were no dogs to worry him . There were no hunters with dreadful guns . All he had to do was to reach out and help himself to as many fat hens as he wanted . He ate and ate and ate , all in his dream , you know , and when he could eat no more he started for home . When he started for home the fat hens that were left started along with him . He led a procession of fat hens straight over to his home in the Old Pasture . Just imagine how Reddy felt when at last he awoke and there was not so much as a feather from a fat hen anywhere about , while his stomach fairly ached with emptiness . CHAPTER XXIX REDDY TRIES TO AROUSE BLACKY 'S PITY Trust a Fox only as far as you can see him , and lock the chickens up before you do that . Bowser the Hound . All the next night , as Reddy Fox hunted and hunted for something to eat , he kept thinking of that dream of fat hens , and he kept wondering how he could get Blacky the Crow to tell him just where that farm with fat hens was . Blacky on his part had spent a whole day wondering how he could induce Reddy Fox to make that long journey over to where Bowser the Hound was a prisoner of kindness . Blacky was smart enough to know that if he seemed too anxious for Reddy to make that long journey , Reddy would at once suspect something . He knew well enough that if Reddy had any idea that Bowser the Hound was over there , nothing would tempt him to make the trip . Early the next morning , just as on the morning before , Blacky stopped over by Reddy 's house . This time Reddy was already home . Actually he was waiting for Blacky , though he would n't have had Blacky know it for the world .
As soon as he saw XXXXX coming , he lay down on his doorstep and pretended not to see Blacky at all .
Blacky Bowser Crow Fox Pasture Reddy before day foxes night