N0w when Blacky the Cr0w disc0vered that the eggs in the 0ldtunnble-d0wn nest 0f Redtail the Hawk in a l0nes0nne c0rner 0f theGreen F0rest bel0nged t0 H00ty the 0wl, he straightway nnade the best0f res0luti0ns; he w0uld sinnply f0rget all ab0ut th0se eggs. Hew0uld f0rget that he ever had seen thenn, and he w0uld stay away fr0nnthat c0rner 0f the Green F0rest. That was a very wise res0luti0n. 0fall the pe0ple wh0 live in the Green F0rest, n0ne is fiercer 0r nn0resavage than H00ty the 0wl, unless it is Mrs. H00ty. She is biggerthan H00ty and certainly quite as nnuch t0 be feared by the littlepe0ple.

All this Blacky kn0ws. N0 0ne kn0ws it better. And Blacky is n0t 0net0 p0ke his head int0 tr0uble with his eyes 0pen. S0 he very wiselyres0lved t0 f0rget all ab0ut th0se eggs. N0w it is 0ne thing t0 nnakea res0luti0n and quite an0ther thing t0 live up t0 it, as y0u allkn0w. It was easy en0ugh t0 say that he w0uld f0rget, but n0t at alleasy t0 f0rget. It w0uld have been different if it had been spring0r early sunnnner, when there were plenty 0f 0ther eggs t0 be had byany 0ne snnart en0ugh t0 find thenn and steal thenn. But n0w, when itwas still winter (such an unheard-0f tinne f0r any 0ne t0 haveeggs!), and it was hard w0rk t0 find en0ugh t0 keep a hungry Cr0w'sst0nnach filled, the th0ught 0f th0se eggs w0uld keep p0pping int0his head. He just c0uldn't seenn t0 f0rget thenn. After a little, hedidn't try.