Show daddy s Eve V iii fairy adi ry tale tae GRAHAM BOWER rr eimu art tu 11 cinci FIVE FINE HENS cackle cackle said the first hen 1 I have a right to be proud cackle cackle said the second lien 1 I too baie bae aright a right to be proud cackle cackle said the third lien hen three have a right to be proud cackle cackle said the fourth hen 1 I tour four bate ha e a right to be proud cackle cackle said the fifth lien hen 1 I five have a right to be proud 1 I dont think said the first hen that you CUD can say 1 I three and 1 I four its as when it a creature says 1 I too it means I 1 also rather than 1 I the second yes tw I 1 am quite sure that it means balso I 1 also but never mind we can talk Us as we wish after all we have done iles hes pretty proud of us jsn he asked the second dhen i hen yes said the third hen he Is very proud too not only are we filled with pride but our master la Is filled with pride as well lie he Is going to show us at the county fair and we are going to win prizes said the fourth hen of course I 1 am not sure that we will win but it seems he be Is quite sure of it at least they will admire us b because of f all we have bar e done some say we have made a record the fifth hen said and that means the fifth hen added that we have done something more than anyone else before us thew done something fine and unusual you see we were chicks for about six months we grew from childhood or into lien lienwood hood in those six months 1 I am not sure it if there Is such a word as henwood but I 1 shall use it until stopped by the police and I 1 dont believe they will stop me they dont bother about hens and chicks they find the barnyard creatures know how to behave pretty well and that we dont need them to keep order well as I 1 was saying from the day we were hatched until we ne began to lay eggs we were ivere just about six months old cut but then we gave up our childish chicken ways and began to bo be busy hens bens he laid one hundred and ten eggs between us in one month and that Is supposed to be pretty fine supposed to be and it Is said the first lien supposed to be and it Is said the second hen supposed to be and it Is said the third hen supposed to be b and it Is said the fourth hen ali ah 3 acs ics Cs 1 said the fifth hen we have done well by our master lie Is only a boy too and he has been more successful with us than grown men and grown women have been with their hens ile he has fed us well scraps of de IV d five hens hen marched about meat lie has given to us and we liked these goodies of course lie gave us corn anu and he took the best of care of us so we were glad to do what we could for him and we alu IU continue to do what we can ah it will be a proud day for us when we go to the county fair us as the live five hens dhove done don such wonders NN one and then the oie five hens marched about the barnyard cackling and clucking with fill delight this song five fine bens beds are we finer hens could never be b hens like us you seldom see for five line fine hens are wet five line fine hens are we a we cackle and cluck with glee we help along breakfast anil and tea for live line fine hens hena are we five fine hens are re we we roost in yonder low tree and we do our best quite free for five fine hens are we nye and an the rest of the creatures in it the barnyard admitted the truth of the song of the five fine hens |