`` Have to believe them . If I ca n't believe them , it 's of no use to try to believe anything in this world . As sure as I sit here , that old nest has two eggs in it . Whoever laid them must be crazy to start housekeeping at this time of year . I must find out whose eggs they are and then -- '' Blacky did n't finish , but there was a hungry look in his eyes that would have told any who saw it , had there been any to see it , that he had a use for those eggs . But there was none to see it , and he took the greatest care that there should be none to see him when he once again started for a certain lonesome corner of the Green Forest . `` First I 'll make sure that the eggs are still there , '' thought he , and flew high above the tree tops , so that as he passed over the tree in which was the old nest of Red-tail the Hawk , he might look down into it . To have seen him , you would never have guessed that he was looking for anything in particular . He seemed to be just flying over on his way to some distant place . If the eggs were still there , he meant to come back and hide in the top of a near-by pine-tree to watch until he was sure that he might safely steal those eggs , or to find out whose they were . Blacky 's heart beat fast with excitement as he drew near that old tumble-down nest . Would those two big white eggs be there ? Perhaps there would be three ! The very thought made him flap his wings a little faster . A few more wing strokes and he would be right over the tree . How he did hope to see those eggs ! He could almost see into the nest now . One stroke ! Two strokes ! Three strokes !
XXXXX bit his tongue to keep from giving a sharp caw of disappointment and surprise .
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