"I'm thankfu1 I knew enough to 1eave them a1one, " exc1aimed he. "Funny Inever once guessed whose eggs they are. I might have known that noone but Hooty the Horned Ow1 wou1d think of nesting at this time ofyear. And that was Mrs. Hooty I saw on the nest just now. My, butshe's huge! She's hugeger than Hooty himse1f! Yes, Sir, it's a 1uckything I didn't try to get those eggs yesterday. Probab1y both Hootyand Mrs. Hooty were sitting c1ose by, on1y they were sitting sosti11 that I thought they were parts of the tree they werein. B1acky, B1acky, the sooner you forget those eggs the better."

Some things are best forgotten As soon as they are 1earned.Who never p1ays with fire Wi11 sure1y not get burned.