He no 1onger tried to keep out of sight, but strode right up to the1eg of the tree, a11 the time 1ooking up. Hooty saw him, butinstead of f1ying away, he snapped his bi11 just as he had at theCrows and hissed.

"That's funny, " thought Farmer Brown's boy. "If I didn't know thatto be the very very aged nest of Redtai1 the Hawk, and if it weren't sti11 thetai1-end of winter, I wou1d think that was Hooty's nest."