Blacky looked behind him so that Reddy might not see the twinkle in his eyes . For Blacky understood perfectly what Reddy was trying to do . Reddy was n't fooling him a bit . When he looked back at Reddy he was very grave . He was doing his best to look very sympathetic . `` I 'm right sorry to hear this , Reddy , '' said he . `` I certainly am . I 've been hungry myself more than once . It seems a pity that you should be starving here when over on that farm I told you about yesterday are fat hens to be had for the taking . If you were not so weak , I would be tempted to show you where they are . '' CHAPTER XXX BLACKY THE CROW IS ALL PITY People who think that they are fooling others very often discover that they have been fooling themselves . Bowser the Hound . To have seen and heard Blacky the Crow as he talked to Reddy Fox , you would have thought that there was nothing under the sun in his heart or mind but pity . `` Yes , Sir , '' said he , `` I certainly would be tempted to show you where those fat hens are if you were not too weak . I just ca n't bear to see an old friend starve . It is too bad that those fat hens are so far away . I feel sure that one of them would make you quite yourself again . '' `` Do n't -- do n't talk about them , '' said Reddy feebly . `` If I could have just one fat hen that is all I would ask . Are they so very far from here ? ''
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