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C e eK K WHAT THE OLD GRAY HEN SAW No said the Old Gray Hen I Ido Ido Ido do not think think the Duck knows a bit more about the world than I do Just because she swims It If it wasn't for our Ro Rooster ster she wouldn't know whether er it was sunset or sunrise But she has travel traveled d farther than you have said the Pig raising her er head from the muddy bed I saw her swim across to the other side aide sl a of the pond the other day What if It she did I have walked away through the woods to the other side She never could do that said the Rooster who happened along a ng just then Her feet are too large And she never leaves the ground said ald the Gray Hen She cannot fly to the fence around your pen Madam Pig Whatever made you think the White Duck so wise about this w world Well said the Pig she told me that one day while she he was sailing along on the pond she saw a turtle on the bank and that it had a ashell shell which it carried on Its its- back all the time and that when anyone went near it or or it was afraid it drew in its head and legs and nothing could hurt It Just think of seeing anything so wonderful wonderful won won- said the Pig Oh that's nothing said the Gray H Hen n. n I saw one myself and I saw the dog bark at it and the turtle snapped and caught him by the nose You tell me said the Pig Did the dog shake shak It it off Not until the master pulled the turtle by the tail tall said the HenWell Hen lien Well said the Pig the Duck told me she saw an elephant one day on the other side aide of the pond Oh oh laughed the Hen that Duck is a quack Well jWell I dont don't know said the Pig but she seemed to know a great deal about the world The White Duck is an awful brag said the Gray Hen as she walked I I r v. v r w I I She Has Haa Traveled Farther Than You away and she walked to the pond and looked across I really would like to the country country country coun coun- try over there thero she said but I never can swim that is certain Just then she saw a boat and nd she hopped on to th the side Then she saw a worm In the bottom of the boat and she hopped down to eat it and the dog who had como come just at that moment stopped to get a dri drink k and pushed the boat and off orr it t drifted into the middle middle mid mid- mid dle dIe of ot the pond What in the world has happened said the Hen looking up from the the worm why I am in the middle of the pond What will I ever do I cannot fly out of the boat for I cannot cannot can not s swim and how will I ever get to the shore The boat drifted around with the Gray Hen perched on the seat Well she said I can see the other other other oth oth- er side of ot the pond and if It there are any elephants I hope I shall see one Just then the boat bumped into a arock arock arock rock on the opposite side of the pond and the Gray Hen hopped out This is just like a trip across the world she nhe said stretching her neck and looking around She walked into the woods and picked the berries berries berries' she he could reach and was quite delighted with herself as a a I. I traveler when all at once she saw an animal sitting silting on a rock It hel held something in its paws which it would bite and then turn its head bead quickly from side to side and andover andover andover over its back was a bushy tail Mercy me me said Gray Hen what is that I wonder Vonder if It that ca can be an elephant Where die did you come from asked the squirrel I sailed across from the other side Gray Hen answered I did not know that hens could swim sold said the squirrel I did not swim said Gray Hen I 1 sailed across in a boat Who is with you asked the squirrel rel starting to run No one answered Gray Hen I came alone The squirrel ran back t to the rock Alone he said Canyon nj sail a boat You see I am here said Gray Hen and no one came with me Who Vho are you OU she asked suddenly Are you youn youen an n elephant o i i. i P The squirrel was was delighted delighted to Ibe I mistaken for an animal so large and he told her he was t M I f J Where is your trunk she ask asked d. d This is my trunk said the squirrel rel reI waving his long bushy tall tail t i I IGray Gray Hen stared with wide opened Well I glad to know eyes am you JOU are no larger she said I thought you would b be as large as a horse any any- f how A dog ran through the bushes and the squirrel scampered away A man followed and seeing the hen he picked her up by her walked f toward the boat r Here Is luck he said seeing the p boat Jump in in Rover we will row w across i When they reached the barnyard he t. 1 threw the Hen out of the boat and away she ran to the Pig Pigpen pen 1 J Madam Pig she carted called I want to tell teU you I have seen seen a great deai deal since I last saw saw saw- y you ti I have sailed around the world orld and seen spen many queer things i You dont don't say so so B d Madam Madan 1 Pig what did see you see Oh I saw saw trees with big berries growing on them which I ate and a great great ocean an and I s saw a an elephant Why the elephant Is not as large as you you are are only he he has i a 1 much larger y trunk trunk as a's s he calls if Ii it bi bt t t I I thought It was his tail tall t I Well well said the Pig Madams Madam Duck does not know know a a ti much as as you do She hever hev never nevert i could tell what he ha looked like Jute Y YoG oG t certainly are a Very wise hen him i j So th the Gray n Hen n was satisfied The Pig th thought her wiser than the Duck ck and nd she ran aw away to tell the others what she he had iad seen seen |