I suppose the way to find out is to climb up there . It seems foolish , but I 'm going to do it . Those Owls certainly act as if they are mighty anxious about something , and I 'm going to find out what it is . '' He looked at Hooty and Mrs. Hooty , at their hooked bills and great claws , and decided that he would take a stout stick along with him . He had no desire to feel these great claws . When he had found a stick to suit him , he began to climb the tree . Hooty and Mrs. Hooty snapped their bills and hissed fiercely . They drew nearer . Farmer Brown 's boy kept a watchful eye on them . They looked so big and fierce that he was almost tempted to give up and leave them in peace . But he just had to find out if there was anything in that nest , so he kept on . As he drew near it , Mrs. Hooty swooped very near to him , and the snap of her bill made an ugly sound . He held his stick ready to strike and kept on . The nest was simply a great platform of sticks . When Farmer Brown 's boy reached it , he found that he could not get where he could look into it , so he reached over and felt inside . Almost at once his fingers touched something that made him tingle all over . It was an egg , a great big egg ! There was no doubt about it . It was just as hard for him to believe as it had been for Blacky the Crow to believe , when he first saw those eggs . Farmer Brown 's boy 's fingers closed over that egg and took it out of the nest .
Mrs. XXXXX swooped very close , and Farmer Brown 's boy nearly dropped the egg as he struck at her with his stick .
Blacky Brown Hooty doubt eggs fingers first peace snap way