Show apkar axy V MAW MRS RED TOP you showed how much brighter you were than the others said sir mr red top after a moment mrs red lied top had been mrs speckled ilen hen but red top the rooster had told her lie he lashed wished to make her mrs airs red top and as slie she hail had always admired him she was delighted to accept his kind invitation 1 the other hens liens had been jealous jea loiis because mrs speckled ilen hen had tried to be so nice to red top and had wanted to hear his sad story so slie she could comfort him she had called them cats and they had thought she had gone insane they knew they eats cats at all they knew they were liens but they know that mrs speckled ilen hen as slie she was then had meant that they were jealous and like cats she gone crazy nor did she think they were cats no indeed she was only using an expression she had heard red top thought it splendid that she was so much wiser than the others and had said so the other hens had golie away feeling much asli amed of themselves while red top and the new mrs red top stayed to have their talk ali ah began red top my poor dear grandfather was terribly frightened by these motor cars 1 I can understand hla his fear said mrs airs red top kindly you dear good sympathetic hen said red top smiling at her in his rooster way 1 I interrupted said mrs red top pray continue with your story I 1 want so much to hear it and to be a comfort to you if I 1 can ali ah my dear mrs red top said red top affectionately 1 I will continue at once 1 I dont believe my great grandea ther lived in the dryg of motor cars that Is I 1 font dont think he chedid hed did ld I 1 never met him and so I 1 never heard heu 0 him say but I 1 know one thing heni henindl hen saml nil roosters lived long before motor cars so mrs red top agreed it seems a pity continued red top that motors should take up so much room yes they take up the greater part of the road it seems to me and what annoyed my dear grandfather so was that their honk honk was receiving a great deal more attention than our crowing in fact people havo to pay much attention to our crowing except in the early mornin morning but they always alway had to pay attention to the honk honking of a motorcar and if they a sad fate befell them and so BO it is really not mysterious that it bothered my grandfather and that I 1 nm am not sure whether it bothered my great grandfather or not but I 1 hardly think so for motors are young impertinent things and roosters are old old and wise yes sighed red top the art of 0 crowing Is very old I 1 we can surely be comforters comfort elfiO to each other suld said mrs red top for I 1 know all about horrid motor cars cara most certainly I 1 do and at this she wiped w aped her eyes on a leaf hand handkerchief kor she carried I 1 so foolish said red TP top for they only stir up dust and cause so much trouble the gre great t difficulty a which I 1 have Is that I 1 never know which side of the road to go on one moment I 1 think I 1 will go one way 1 and the nest moment I decide to go the oth other r way oftentimes said mrs red top 1 I very narrowly escape danger but han alien im not going to let those people who run motorcars think they c ca B make me go just as they please ita I 1 a hen wants to chanie change her mind she Is entitled to that Is the great privilege j of a hen and those stupid peo pie in motorcars dont under that I 1 ali ah said red top youve sho she them something though what inquired mrs airs red tc tot wondering if red top had really heard beard the secret youre showing them that youre independent youre not going to la lafit eggs any time they want you t to afo youre going to take your own B swee time about it yes if they will b be so sol modern with their old dust stirring road taking honk bonk honking automobiles S you ou can show them youre so rich and valuable and expensive these days that you will only lay eggs when you feel like it so often eggs are scarce yes he finished a hen is a royal cre creature attire these days |