Do you wonder that Blacky gasped and blinked ? Here was snow on the ground , and Rough Brother North Wind and Jack Frost had given no hint that they were even thinking of going back to the Far North . The idea of any one laying an egg at this time of year ! Blacky flew over to a tall pine-tree to think it over . `` Must be it was a little lump of snow , '' thought he . `` Yet if ever I saw an egg , that looked like one . Jumping grasshoppers , how good an egg would taste right now ! '' You know Blacky has a weakness for eggs . The more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . Several times he almost made up his mind to fly straight over there and make sure , but he did n't quite dare . If it were an egg , it must belong to somebody , and perhaps it would be best to find out who . Suddenly Blacky shook himself . `` I must be dreaming , '' said he . `` There could n't , there just could n't be an egg at this time of year , or in that old tumble-down nest ! I 'll just fly away and forget it . '' So he flew away , but he could n't forget it . He kept thinking of it all day , and when he went to sleep that night he made up his mind to have another look at that old nest . CHAPTER II : Blacky Makes Sure `` As true as ever I 've cawed a caw That was a new-laid egg I saw . '' `` What are you talking about ? '' demanded Sammy Jay , coming up just in time to hear the last part of what Blacky the Crow was mumbling to himself .
`` Oh nothing , Cousin , nothing at all , '' replied XXXXX .
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