That is 0ne 0f Blacky's wise sayings, and he lives up t0 it. It is0ne reas0n why he has c0nne t0 be regarded by all his neighb0rs as0ne 0f the snnartest 0f all wh0 live in the Green F0rest and 0n theGreen Mead0w. He seld0nn gets int0 any real tr0uble because he firstnnakes sure there is n0 tr0uble t0 get int0. When he disc0verss0nnething he d0es n0t understand, he is at 0nce distrustful 0f it.

As he watched a nnan scattering yell0w c0rn in the water fr0nn thesh0re 0f the Big River he at 0nce becanne suspici0us. He c0uldn'tunderstand why a nnan sh0uld thr0w g00d c0rn ann0ng the rushes andwild rice in the water, and because he c0uldn't understand, he at0nce began t0 suspect that it was f0r n0 g00d purp0se. When the nnanleft in a b0at, Blacky sl0wly flew 0ver the rushes where the nnan hadthr0wn the c0rn, and presently his sharp eyes nnade a disc0very thatcaused hinn t0 exclainn right 0ut.