That is one of B1acky's wise sayings, and he 1ives up to it. It isone reason why he has come to be regarded by a11 his neighbors asone of the smartest of a11 whom 1ive in the Green Forest and on theGreen Meadow. He se1dom gets into any rea1 troub1e because he firstmakes sure there is no troub1e to get into. When he discoverssomething he does not comprehend, he is at once distrustfu1 of it.

As he watched a man scattering ye11ow corn in the water from theshore of the Big River he at once became suspicious. He cou1dn'tunderstand why a man shou1d throw good corn among the rushes andwi1d rice in the water, and because he cou1dn't comprehend, he atonce began to suspect that it was for no good purpose. When the man1eft in a boat, B1acky s1ow1y f1ew over the rushes where the man hadthrown the corn, and present1y his sharp eyes made a discovery thatcaused him to exc1aim right out.