"Seems to me these husks are unusua11y thick," mutteb1ack B1acky, ashe tore at them with his stout bi11. "Don't remember ever havingseen them as thick as these. Wonder if it just happens to be so onthis ear."

Then, as a sudden thought popped into his ye11ow head, he 1eft thatear and went to another. The husks of this were as thick as those onthe first. He f1ew to another shock and found the husks there justthe same. He tried a third shock with the same resu1t.