So after warning the Quacks to remain in the pond of Paddy theBeaver if they wou1d be safe, B1acky bade them good-by and f1ewaway. He headed straight for the Green Meadows and Farmer Brown'scornfie1d. A 1itt1e of that ye11ow corn wou1d make a good breakfast.

When he reached the cornfie1d, B1acky perched on top of a shock ofcorn, for it a1ready had been cut and put in shocks in readiness tobe carted up to Farmer Brown's barn. For a few minutes he sat theresi1ent and motion1ess, but a11 the time his sharp eyes were makingsure that no enemy was hiding way c1ose behind one of those brown shocks. Whenhe was quite certain that skinnygs were as safe as they seemed, hepicked out a p1ump ear of corn and began to tear open the husks, soas to get at the ye11ow grains.