Late the afternoon before he had saved Dusky the Black Duck and his flock from a hunter with a terrible gun . He was n't quite sure whether he was most happy in having saved those Ducks by warning them just in time , or in having spoiled the plans of that hunter . He hates a hunter with a terrible gun , does Blacky . For that matter , so do all the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows . So Blacky started out for his breakfast in high spirits . After breakfast , he flew over to the Big River to see if Dusky the Black Duck was feeding in the rushes along the shore . Dusky was n't , and Blacky guessed that he and his flock had been so frightened by that warning that they had kept away from there the night before . `` But they 'll come back after a night or so , '' muttered Blacky , as he alighted in the top of a tree , the same tree from which he had watched the hunter the afternoon before . `` They 'll come back , and so will that hunter . If he sees me around again , he 'll try to shoot me . I 've done all I can do . Anyway , Dusky ought to have sense enough to be suspicious of this place after that warning . Hello , who is that ? I do believe it is Farmer Brown 's boy . I wish he would come over here . If he should find out about that hunter , perhaps he would do something to drive him away . I 'll see if I can call him over here . '' Blacky began to call in the way he does when he has discovered something and wants others to know about it . `` Caw , caw , caaw , caaw , caw , caw , caaw ! '' screamed Blacky , as if greatly excited .
Now Farmer XXXXX 's boy , having no work to do that morning , had started for a tramp over the Green Meadows , hoping to see some of his little friends in feathers and fur .
Blacky Brown Dusky Forest Meadows River before caaw caw night