Yes , Sir , that is what you would have thought if you could have heard him muttering to himself there in the tree-top . In his disappointment over not getting those eggs , he was so sorry for himself that he actually did feel that he was the one wronged , -- that Hooty and Mrs. Hooty should have let him have those eggs . Of course , that was absolute foolishness , but he made himself believe it just the same . At least , he pretended to believe it . And the more he pretended , the angrier he grew . This is often the way with people who try to wrong others . They grow angry with the ones they have tried to wrong . When at last Blacky had to confess to himself that he could think of no other way to get those eggs , he began to wonder if there was some way to make trouble for Hooty and Mrs. Hooty . It was right then that he thought of Farmer Brown 's boy . Blacky 's eyes snapped . He remembered how , once upon a time , Farmer Brown 's boy had delighted to rob nests . Blacky had seen him take the eggs from the nests of Blacky 's own relatives and from many other feathered people . What he did with the eggs , Blacky had no idea . Just now he did n't care . If Farmer Brown 's boy would just happen to find Hooty 's nest , he would be sure to take those eggs , and then he , Blacky , would feel better . He would feel that he was even with Hooty . Right away he began to try to think of some way to bring Farmer Brown 's boy over to the lonesome corner of the Green Forest where Hooty 's nest was . If he could once get him there , he felt sure that Farmer Brown 's boy would see the nest and climb up to it , and then of course he would take the eggs . If he could n't have those eggs himself , the next best thing would be to see some one else get them . Dear me , dear me , such dreadful thoughts !
I am afraid that XXXXX 's heart was as black as his coat .
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