{"product_id":"2940013508651","title":"BLACKY THE CROW","description":"CHAPTER I: Blacky The Crow Makes A Discovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlacky the Crow is always watching for things not intended for his sharp\u003cbr\u003eeyes. The result is that he gets into no end of trouble which he could\u003cbr\u003eavoid. In this respect he is just like his cousin, Sammy Jay. Between\u003cbr\u003ethem they see a great deal with which they have no business and which it\u003cbr\u003ewould be better for them not to see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Blacky the Crow finds it no easy matter to pick up a living when\u003cbr\u003esnow covers the Green Meadows and the Green Forest, and ice binds the\u003cbr\u003eBig River and the Smiling Pool. He has to use his sharp eyes for all\u003cbr\u003ethey are worth in order to find enough to fill his stomach, and he will\u003cbr\u003eeat anything in the way of food that he can swallow. Often he travels\u003cbr\u003elong distances looking for food, but at night he always comes back to\u003cbr\u003ethe same place in the Green Forest, to sleep in company with others of\u003cbr\u003ehis family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlacky dearly loves company, particularly at night, and about the time\u003cbr\u003ejolly, round, red Mr. Sun is beginning to think about his bed behind\u003cbr\u003ethe Purple Hills, you will find Blacky heading for a certain part of\u003cbr\u003ethe Green Forest where he knows he will have neighbors of his own kind.\u003cbr\u003ePeter Rabbit says that it is because Blacky's conscience troubles him\u003cbr\u003eso that he doesn't dare sleep alone, but Happy Jack Squirrel says that\u003cbr\u003eBlacky hasn't any conscience. You can believe just which you please,\u003cbr\u003ethough I suspect that neither of them really knows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs I have said, Blacky is quite a traveler at this time of year, and\u003cbr\u003esometimes his search for food takes him to out-of-the-way places. One\u003cbr\u003eday toward the very last of winter, the notion entered his black head\u003cbr\u003ethat he would have a look in a certain lonesome corner of the Green\u003cbr\u003eForest where once upon a time Redtail the Hawk had lived. Blacky knew\u003cbr\u003ewell enough that Redtail wasn't there now; he had gone south in the fell\u003cbr\u003eand wouldn't be back until he was sure that Mistress Spring had arrived\u003cbr\u003eon the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike the black imp he is, Blacky flew over the tree-tops, his sharp eyes\u003cbr\u003ewatching for something interesting below. Presently he saw ahead of him\u003cbr\u003ethe old nest of Red-tail. He knew all about that nest. He had visited\u003cbr\u003eit before when Red-tail was away. Still it might be worth another visit.\u003cbr\u003eYou never can tell what you may find in old houses. Now, of course,\u003cbr\u003eBlacky knew perfectly well that Redtail was miles and miles, hundreds\u003cbr\u003eof miles away, and so there was nothing to fear from him. But Blacky\u003cbr\u003elearned ever so long ago that there is nothing like making sure that\u003cbr\u003ethere is no danger. So, instead of flying straight to that old nest, he\u003cbr\u003efirst flew over the tree so that he could look down into it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRight away he saw something that made him gasp and blink his eyes. It\u003cbr\u003ewas quite large and white, and it looked--it looked very much indeed\u003cbr\u003elike an egg! Do you wonder that Blacky gasped and blinked? Here was snow\u003cbr\u003eon the ground, and Rough Brother North Wind and Jack Frost had given no\u003cbr\u003ehint that they were even thinking of going back to the Far North.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121181409520,"sku":"2940013508651","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013508651_p0.jpg?v=1763593217","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013508651","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}