"i don't care," said the blue jay; "i was only fooling. i meant to tell you after a while. it's a good joke on you." but he had a sneaky look around the bill as he spoke, and nobody believed him. before long, he and the crow were glad enough to get away from the rest and go away together. yet even then they were not happy, for each began to blame the other, and they had a most dreadful fight.