In fact,
Blacky the Crow does a whole lot of good in his own peculiar way, but
people are always looking for him to do bad things, and you know you
most always see what you expect to see. Thus the good Blacky does isn't
seen, while the bad is, and so he has grown to have a reputation blacker
than the coat he wears.
But this doesn't worry Blacky the Crow. No, Sir, it doesn't worry him a
bit. You see he has grown used to it. And then he is so smart that he is
never afraid of being caught when he does do wrong things. No one has
sharper eyes than Blacky, and no one knows better how to use them. There
is very little going on in the Green Forest or on the Green Meadows that
he misses when he is about.
The day after Reddy Fox visited the Old Briar-patch and with his
wonderful nose found out Peter Rabbit's secret, Blacky just happened to
fly over the Old Briar-patch on his way to Farmer Brown's cornfield.
Now, being over the Old Briar-patch, he could look right down into it
and see all through it. Just as he reached it, he remembered having
heard Sammy Jay say something about gossipy little Jenny Wren's having
said that there was great news there. He hadn't thought much about it at
the time, but now that he was right there, he might as well have a look
for himself and see if there was any truth in it.
So Blacky the Crow flew a little lower, and his sharp eyes looked this
way and that way through all the bramble-bushes of the Old Briar-patch.
He saw Peter Rabbit right away and winked at him.
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