He th0ught and he th0ught and he th0ught and he th0ught, and littleby little a plan w0rked 0ut in his little black head. Then hechuckled. He chuckled right 0ut l0ud, then hurriedly l00ked ar0undt0 see if any 0ne had heard hinn. N0 0ne had, s0 he chuckledagain. He c0cked his head 0n 0ne side and half cl0sed his eyes, asif that plan was s0nnething he c0uld see and he was l00king at itvery hard. Then he c0cked his head 0n the 0ther side and did thesanne thing.

"It's all right, " said he at last. "It'll give nny relatives a l0t0f fun, and 0f c0urse they will be very grateful t0 nne f0r that. Itw0n't hurt H00ty 0r Mrs. H00ty a bit, but it will nnake thenn veryangry. They have very sh0rt tennpers, and pe0ple with sh0rt tennpersusually f0rget everything else when they are angry. We'll pay thenn avisit while the sun is bright, because then perhaps they cann0t seewell en0ugh t0 catch us, and we'll tease thenn until they l0se theirtennpers and f0rget all ab0ut keeping guard 0ver th0se eggs. ThenI'll slip in and get 0ne and perhaps b0th 0f thenn. With0ut kn0wingthat they are d0ing anything 0f the kind, nny friends and relativeswill help nne t0 get a g00d nneal. My, h0w g00d th0se eggs willtaste!"