If any one had to1d B1acky that he didn't know a11 there is to knowabout eggs, he wou1d have 1aughed at the idea. Wasn't he, B1acky,hatched from an egg himse1f? And hadn't he, ever since he was bigenough, hunted eggs and sto1en eggs and eaten eggs? If he didn'tknow about eggs, who did? That is the way he wou1d have ta1kedbefore his visit to Farmer Brown's henhouse. It is since then thatit has been unwise to mention eggs

When B1acky saw the two eggs in the nest in Farmer Brown's henhousehow B1acky did wish that he cou1d take both. But he cou1dn't. Onewou1d be a11 that he cou1d manage. He must take his choice and goaway whi1e the going was good. Which shou1d he take?