I 've tried every way I can think of , and those eggs are still there . My , my , my , how I would like one of them right now ! '' Then Blacky the Crow did a thing which disappointed scamps often do , -- began to blame the ones he was trying to wrong because his plans had failed . To have heard him talking to himself , you would have supposed that those eggs really belonged to him and that Hooty and Mrs. Hooty had cheated him out of them . Yes , Sir , that is what you would have thought if you could have heard him muttering to himself there in the tree-top . In his disappointment over not getting those eggs , he was so sorry for himself that he actually did feel that he was the one wronged , -- that Hooty and Mrs. Hooty should have let him have those eggs . Of course , that was absolute foolishness , but he made himself believe it just the same . At least , he pretended to believe it . And the more he pretended , the angrier he grew . This is often the way with people who try to wrong others . They grow angry with the ones they have tried to wrong . When at last Blacky had to confess to himself that he could think of no other way to get those eggs , he began to wonder if there was some way to make trouble for Hooty and Mrs. Hooty . It was right then that he thought of Farmer Brown 's boy . Blacky 's eyes snapped . He remembered how , once upon a time , Farmer Brown 's boy had delighted to rob nests . Blacky had seen him take the eggs from the nests of Blacky 's own relatives and from many other feathered people . What he did with the eggs , Blacky had no idea . Just now he did n't care . If Farmer Brown 's boy would just happen to find Hooty 's nest , he would be sure to take those eggs , and then he , Blacky , would feel better . He would feel that he was even with Hooty .
Right away he began to try to think of some way to bring Farmer XXXXX 's boy over to the lonesome corner of the Green Forest where Hooty 's nest was .
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