thought Blacky , and somehow he felt better . Farmer Brown 's boy reached the Big River at a point some distance below the blind built by the hunter . He laid his gun down on the bank and went down to the edge of the water . The rushes grew very thick there , and for a while Farmer Brown 's boy was very busy among them . Blacky from his high perch could watch him , and as he watched , he grew more and more puzzled . It looked very much as if Farmer Brown 's boy was building a blind much like that of the hunter 's . At last he carried an old log down there , got his gun , and sat down just as the hunter had done in his blind the afternoon before . He was quite hidden there , excepting from a place high up like Blacky 's perch . `` I -- I -- I do believe he is going to try to shoot those Ducks himself , '' gasped Blacky . `` I would n't have believed it if any one had told me . No , Sir , I would n't have believed it . I -- I -- ca n't believe it now . Farmer Brown 's boy hunting with a terrible gun ! Yet I 've got to believe my own eyes . '' A noise up river caught his attention . It was the noise of oars in a boat . There was the hunter , rowing down the Big River . Just as he had done the day before , he came ashore above his blind and walked down to it . `` This is no place for me , '' muttered Blacky . `` He 'll remember that I scared those Ducks yesterday , and as likely as not he 'll try to shoot me . ''
XXXXX spread his black wings and hurriedly left the tree-top , heading for another tree farther back on the Green Meadows where he would be safe , but from which he could not see as well .
Blacky Brown River before distance eyes hunter noise oars rowing