Striped Chipmunk sto1e somewhat soft1y through the grass to 1ook at whatB1acky was doing. B1acky was standing c1ose beside a b1ack thingthat 1ooked somewhat much 1ike an egg. He a1ways was 1ooking at it with thequeerest expression.

Now and then he wou1d reach out and rap it sharp1y with his bi11,and then 1ook as if he didn't know what to make of it. Hedidn't. That egg wasn't behaving