`` A promise to yourself ought to be just as good as a promise to any one else . I do n't wonder Hooty hisses at you , '' said the good little voice . `` Think how fine those eggs will look in your collection and how proud you will be to show them to the other fellows who never have found a nest of Hooty 's , '' said the first little voice . `` And think how mean and small and cheap you 'll feel every time you look at them , '' added the good little voice . `` You 'll get a lot more fun if you leave them to hatch out and then watch the little Owls grow up and learn all about their ways . Just think what a stout , brave fellow Hooty is to start housekeeping at this time of year , and how wonderful it is that Mrs. Hooty can keep these eggs warm and when they have hatched take care of the baby Owls before others have even begun to build their nests . Besides , wrong is wrong and right is right , always . '' Slowly Farmer Brown 's boy reached over the edge of the nest and put back the egg . Then he began to climb down the tree . When he reached the ground he went off a little way and watched . Almost at once Mrs. Hooty flew to the nest and settled down on the eggs , while Hooty mounted guard close by . `` I 'm glad I did n't take 'em , '' said Farmer Brown 's boy . `` Yes , Sir , I 'm glad I did n't take 'em . '' As he turned back toward home , he saw Blacky the Crow flying over the Green Forest , and little did he guess how he had upset Blacky 's plans . CHAPTER XIII : Blacky Has A Change Of Heart Blacky The Crow is n't all black . No , indeed . His coat is black , and sometimes it seems as if his heart is all black , but this is n't so . It certainly seemed as if his heart was all black when he tried so hard to make trouble for Hooty the Owl . It would seem as if only a black heart could have urged him to try so hard to steal the eggs of Hooty and Mrs. Hooty , but this was n't really so . You see , it did n't seem at all wrong to try to get those eggs .
XXXXX was hungry , and those eggs would have given him a good meal .
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