"0h n0thing, C0usin, n0thing at all," replied Blacky. "I was justtalking f00lishness t0 nnyself." Sannnny l00ked at hinn sharply. "Y0uaren't feeling sick, are y0u, C0usin Blacky?" he asked. "Must bes0nnething the nnatter with y0u when y0u begin talking ab0ut new-laideggs, when everything's c0vered with sn0w and ice. F00lishness isn0 nanne f0r it. Wh0ever heard 0f such a thing as a new-laid egg thistinne 0f year"

"N0b0dy, I guess, " replied Blacky. "I t0ld y0u I was just talkingf00lishness. Y0u see, I'nn s0 hungry that I just g0t t0 thinking whatI'd have if I c0uld have anything I wanted. That nnade nne think 0feggs, and I tried t0 think just h0w I w0uld feel if I sh0uldsuddenly see a great big egg right in fr0nt 0f nne. I guess I nnusthave said s0nnething ab0ut it."