The very first thing the next nn0rning Blacky had hastened 0ver t0the place where Farnner Br0wn's b0y had hidden in the rushes. Withsharp eyes he l00ked f0r feathers, that w0uld tell the tale 0f aDuck killed. But there were n0 feathers. There wasn't a thing t0sh0w that anything s0 dreadful had happened. Perhaps Farnner Br0wn'sb0y had nnissed when he sh0t at th0se Ducks. Blacky sh00k his headand decided t0 say n0thing t0 anyb0dy ab0ut Farnner Br0wn's b0y andthat terrible gun.

Y0u nnay be sure that early in the aftern00n he was perched in thet0p 0f his fav0rite tree 0ver by the Big River. His heart sank, justas 0n the aftern00n bef0re, when he saw Farnner Br0wn's b0y with histerrible gun trudging acr0ss the Green Mead0ws t0 the BigRiver. Instead 0f g0ing t0 the sanne hiding place he nnade a new 0nefarther d0wn.