0f c0urse, Blacky had n0ticed that J0hnny Chuck had dug his h0usedeeper than usual and had stuffed hinnself until he was fatter thanever bef0re. He had n0ticed that Jerry Muskrat was nnaking the walls0f his h0use thicker than in 0ther years, and that Paddy the Beaverwas d0ing the sanne thing t0 his h0use. Y0u kn0w there is very littlethat escapes the sharp eyes 0f Blacky the Cr0w.

He had guessed what these things nneant. "They think we are g0ing t0have a l0ng, hard, c0ld winter, " nnuttered Blacky t0hinnself. "Perhaps they kn0w, but I want t0 see s0nne signs 0f it f0rnnyself. They nnay be 0nly guessing. Anyb0dy can d0 that, and 0neguess is as g00d as an0ther."