Some things are best forgotten As soon as they are learned . Who never plays with fire Will surely not get burned . CHAPTER IV : The Cunning Of Blacky Now when Blacky the Crow discovered that the eggs in the old tumble-down nest of Redtail the Hawk in a lonesome corner of the Green Forest belonged to Hooty the Owl , he straightway made the best of resolutions ; he would simply forget all about those eggs . He would forget that he ever had seen them , and he would stay away from that corner of the Green Forest . That was a very wise resolution . Of all the people who live in the Green Forest , none is fiercer or more savage than Hooty the Owl , unless it is Mrs. Hooty . She is bigger than Hooty and certainly quite as much to be feared by the little people . All this Blacky knows . No one knows it better . And Blacky is not one to poke his head into trouble with his eyes open . So he very wisely resolved to forget all about those eggs . Now it is one thing to make a resolution and quite another thing to live up to it , as you all know . It was easy enough to say that he would forget , but not at all easy to forget . It would have been different if it had been spring or early summer , when there were plenty of other eggs to be had by any one smart enough to find them and steal them . But now , when it was still winter -LRB- such an unheard-of time for any one to have eggs ! -RRB- , and it was hard work to find enough to keep a hungry Crow 's stomach filled , the thought of those eggs would keep popping into his head . He just could n't seem to forget them . After a little , he did n't try . Now Blacky the Crow is very , very cunning . He is one of the smartest of all the little people who fly .
No one can get into more mischief and still keep out of trouble than can XXXXX the Crow .
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