He looked eagerly along the shore , and at once he saw a row of low bushes close to the edge of the water . He knew what it was instantly . `` A Duck blind ! '' he exclaimed . `` A hunter has built a blind over here from which to shoot Ducks . I wonder if he has killed any yet . I hope not . '' He went down to the blind , for that is what a Duck hunter 's hiding-place is called , and looked about . A couple of grains of corn just inside the blind caught his eyes , and his face darkened . `` That fellow has been baiting Ducks , '' thought he . `` He has been putting out corn to get them to come here regularly . My , how I hate that sort of thing ! It is bad enough to hunt them fairly , but to feed them and then kill them -- ugh ! I wonder if he has shot any yet . '' He looked all about keenly , and his face cleared . He knew that if that hunter had killed any Ducks , there would be tell-tale feathers in the blind , and there were none . CHAPTER XXIV : Farmer Brown 's Boy Does Some Thinking Farmer Brown 's boy sat on the bank of the Big River in a brown study . That means that he was thinking very hard . Blacky the Crow sat in the top of a tall tree a short distance away and watched him . Blacky was silent now , and there was a knowing look in his shrewd little eyes .
In calling Farmer Brown 's boy over there , he had done all he could , and he was quite satisfied to leave the matter to Farmer XXXXX 's boy .
Blacky Brown CHAPTER Crow Duck Ducks River XXIV hiding-place top