Almost without thinking , Blacky spread his wings and started out from that tree . `` Caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! '' he shrieked at the top of his lungs . `` Caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! '' It was his danger cry that everybody on the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest knows . Instantly Dusky turned and began to climb up , up , up , the other Ducks following him until , as they passed over the hidden hunter , they were so high it was useless for him to shoot . He did put up his gun and aim at them , but he did n't shoot . You see , he did n't want to frighten them so that they would not return . Then the flock turned and started off in the direction from which they had come , and in a few minutes they were merely a black line disappearing far down the Big River . Blacky headed straight for the Green Forest , chuckling as he flew . He knew that those Ducks would not return until after dark . He had saved them this time , and he was so happy he did n't even notice the Black Shadows . And the hunter stood up and shook his fist at Blacky the Crow . CHAPTER XXIII : Blacky Calls Farmer Brown 's Boy Blacky awoke in the best of spirits . 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 XXXXX guessed that he and his flock had been so frightened by that warning that they had kept away from there the night before .
Blacky Brown Caw Ducks Forest Green Meadows River XXIII minutes