I ca n't lead Farmer Brown 's boy over here because he does n't understand my talk , and I do n't understand his . There is n't a thing I can do but keep watch . I wish Bowser would stop barking . It makes me feel uncomfortable . Yes , Sir , it makes me feel uncomfortable . Old Man Coyote got Bowser into this trouble , and he ought to get him out again , but I do n't suppose it is the least bit of use to ask him . It wo n't do any harm to try , anyway . '' So Blacky started back for the Green Forest and the Old Pasture near Farmer Brown 's to look for Old Man Coyote , and for a long time as he flew he could hear Bowser 's voice with its note of homesickness and longing . CHAPTER XXIV BLACKY TRIES TO GET HELP You 'll find that nothing more worth while can be Than helping others whose distress you see . Bowser the Hound . On his way back to the Green Forest near Farmer Brown 's home , Blacky the Crow kept a sharp watch for Old Man Coyote . But Old Man Coyote was nowhere to be seen , and it was too late to go look for him , because jolly , round , red Mr. Sun had already gone to bed behind the Purple Hills and the Black Shadows were hurrying towards the Green Forest . Blacky never is out after dark . You might think that one with so black a coat would be fond of the Black Shadows , but it is n't so at all . The fact is , bold and impudent as Blacky the Crow is in daylight , he is afraid of the dark . He is quite as timid as anybody I know of in the dark . So Blacky always contrives to go to bed early and is securely hidden away in his secret roosting-place by the time the Black Shadows reach the edge of the Green Forest . Perhaps it is n't quite fair to say that Blacky is afraid of the dark . It is n't the dark itself that Blacky fears , but it is one who is abroad in the dark . It is Hooty the Owl .
XXXXX would just as soon dine on Blacky the Crow as he would on any one else , and Blacky knows it .
BLACKY Bowser Brown Coyote Forest Hooty Sun contrives daylight roosting-place