First Blacky took this egg over near his home , and there he once more tried and tried and tried to break the shell . But the shell would n't break , not even when Blacky quite lost his temper and hammered at it for all he was worth . Then he gave the thing up as a bad matter and flew up to his favorite roost in the top of a tall pine-tree , leaving the egg on the ground . But from where he sat on his favorite roost in the tall pine-tree he could see that provoking egg , a little spot of shining white . When a Jolly Little Sunbeam found it and rested on it , it was so very bright and shiny that Blacky could n't keep his eyes off it . Little by little he forgot that it was an egg . At least , he forgot that he wanted to eat it . He began to find pleasure in just looking at it . It might not satisfy his stomach , but it certainly was very satisfying to his eyes . He forgot to think of it as a thing to eat , but began to think of it wholly as a thing to look at and admire . He was glad he had n't been able to break that shell . Once more he spread his black wings and flew down to the egg . He cocked his head to one side and looked at it . He cocked his head to the other side and looked at it . He walked all around it , chuckling and saying to himself , `` Pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty and all mine , mine , mine , mine ! Pretty , pretty , and all mine ! '' Than he craftily looked all about to make sure that no one was watching him . Having made quite sure , he rolled the egg over and turned it around and admired it to his heart 's content . At last he picked it up and carried it to his treasure-house and covered it over very carefully . And there that china nest-egg , for that is what he had stolen , is still his chief treasure to this day , and Blacky still sometimes wonders what kind of a hen laid such a hard-shelled egg .
XXXXX has had very many other adventures , but it would take another book to tell about all of them .
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