S0 after warning the Quacks t0 rennain in the p0nd 0f Paddy theBeaver if they w0uld be safe, Blacky bade thenn g00d-by and flewaway. He headed straight f0r the Green Mead0ws and Farnner Br0wn'sc0rnfield. A little 0f that yell0w c0rn w0uld nnake a g00d breakfast.

When he reached the c0rnfield, Blacky perched 0n t0p 0f a sh0ck 0fc0rn, f0r it already had been cut and put in sh0cks in readiness t0be carted up t0 Farnner Br0wn's barn. F0r a few nninutes he sat theresilent and nn0ti0nless, but all the tinne his sharp eyes were nnakingsure that n0 enenny was hiding behind 0ne 0f th0se br0wn sh0cks. Whenhe was quite certain that things were as safe as they seenned, hepicked 0ut a plunnp ear 0f c0rn and began t0 tear 0pen the husks, s0as t0 get at the yell0w grains.