I 'll never do such a thing as that again . I 'm ashamed of what I did ; yet I 'm glad I did it . I 'm glad because I 've learned some things . I 've learned that Farmer Brown 's boy is n't as much to be feared as he used to be . I 've learned that Hooty is n't as stupid as I thought he was . I 've learned that while it may be all right for us people of the Green Forest to try to outwit each other we ought to protect each other against common dangers . And I 've learned something I did n't know before , and that is that Hooty the Owl is the very first of us to set up housekeeping . Now I think I 'll go hunt for an honest meal . '' And he did . CHAPTER XIV : Blacky Makes A Call Judge no one by his style of dress ; Your ignorance you thus confess . -- Blacky the Crow . `` Caw , caw , caw , caw . '' There was no need of looking to see who that was . Peter Rabbit knew without looking . Mrs. Quack knew without looking . Just the same , both looked up . Just alighting in the top of a tall tree was Blacky the Crow . `` Caw , caw , caw , caw , '' he repeated , looking down at Peter and Mrs. Quack and Mr. Quack and the six young Quacks . `` I hope I am not interrupting any secret gossip . '' `` Not at all , '' Peter hastened to say .
`` Mrs. XXXXX was just telling me of the troubles and clangers in bringing up a young family in the Far North .
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