I might see if I can not get Unc ' Billy Possum to bring one of those eggs out for me . But that plan wo n't do , come to think of it , because I ca n't trust Unc ' Billy . The old sinner is too fond of eggs himself . I would be willing to divide with him , but he would be sure to eat his first , and I fear that it would taste so good that he would eat the other . No . I 've got to get one of those eggs myself . It is the only way I can be sure of it . `` The thing to do is to make sure that Farmer Brown 's boy and Farmer Brown himself are nowhere about . They ought to be down in the cornfield pretty soon . With them down there , I have only to watch my chance and slip in . It wo n't take but a second . Just a little courage , Blacky , just a little courage ! Nothing in this world worth having is gained without some risk . The thing to do is to make sure that the risk is as small as possible . '' Blacky shook out his feathers and then flew out of the tall pine-tree as silently as he had flown into it . He headed straight toward Farmer Brown 's cornfield . When he was near enough to see all over the field , he dropped down to the top of a fence post , and there he waited . He did n't have long to wait . In fact , he had been there but a few minutes when he spied two people coming down the Long Lane toward the cornfield . He looked at them sharply , and then gave a little sigh of satisfaction .
They were Farmer Brown and Farmer XXXXX 's boy .
Billy Blacky Brown Lane Possum Unc first minutes pine-tree second