Finally Blacky spoke . `` It certainly makes my heart ache to see you in such a condition , Brother Reddy , '' said he . `` I tell you what I 'll do . You know Crows are famous for flying in a straight line when we want to get to any place in particular . I will fly straight towards that farm where the fat hens are . You follow along as best you can . In your feeble condition it will take you a long time to get anywhere near there . This will give me time to go hunt for my own dinner , and then I will come back until I meet you . After that , I will show you the way . Now I will start along and you follow . '' Reddy got to his feet as if it were hard work . Then Blacky spread his wings and started off , cawing encouragement . All the time inside he was laughing to think that Reddy Fox should think he had fooled him . `` He forgot to ask again if there is a dog there , '' chuckled Blacky to himself . As for Reddy , no sooner was Blacky well on his way than he started off at his swiftest pace . There was nothing weak or feeble in the way Reddy ran then . He was in a hurry to get to those fat hens . CHAPTER XXXI BLACKY IS MUCH PLEASED WITH HIMSELF You can not tell from a single feather what a bird looks like , nor from a lone hair how big a dog is . Bowser the Hound . Straight away towards the farm where Bowser the Hound was flew Blacky the Crow .
Every few minutes he would caw encouragement to Reddy XXXXX , who , as you know , was following , but who of course could not travel as fast as did Blacky .
Blacky Bowser Crow Fox Reddy Straight encouragement farm feet work