Now I think I 'll go get something to eat myself . '' At that very instant Blacky 's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of a gray form with broad wings , and in a perfect panic of fear Blacky began to fly as fast as he knew how for a thick spruce-tree not far away . He plunged in among the branches and hid in the thickest part he could find . With little shivers of fear running all over him , he peeked out and watched that big gray form . On broad wings it sailed over to that hollow stump . Two long legs with great curving claws reached down in , and a moment later that fat hen was disappearing over the tree tops . Blacky sighed with relief . -LSB- Illustration : ON BROAD WINGS IT SAILED OVER TO THAT HOLLOW STUMP . Page 199 . -RSB- `` It 's a lucky thing for me that robber , Mr. Goshawk , saw Reddy hide that fat hen , '' muttered Blacky . `` If he had n't , he might have caught me , for I did n't see him at all . '' CHAPTER XLII ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL When things go wrong , just patient be Until the end you plainly see . For often things that seem all bad Will end by making all hands glad . Bowser the Hound . Reddy Fox , trotting homeward , had nothing but bitterness in his heart , and nothing at all in his stomach . He was tired and hungry and bitterly disappointed . He was in a country with which he was not familiar , and so he did not know where to hunt , and he felt that he just must get something to eat . Do what he would , he could n't help thinking about that fat hen he had hidden and which had so mysteriously disappeared . The more he thought of it , the worse he felt . It was bad enough to be hungry and have no idea where the next meal was coming from , but it was many times worse to have had that meal and then lose it .
To XXXXX , everything was all wrong .
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