Show mm EV inq Q FARY eky akk BONN CLUCKING HENS cluck cluck said aid mrs lien cluck cluck luck duck sald gald M white lien hen cluck cluck u ek cluck ca u ck cluck cluck said alla mi brown lien hen 1 1 I am going 0 to o hatch t cil my eggs in to dear little chick cris said mrs MM lien H e just what I 1 am going to do said aar mrs while lien hen and just what 0 I 1 RM am going to do too said al mr r s luck cluck brown lien hen cluck 1 I bear till 11 tile hens anre doing now said sirs mrs hen think i ing about the little ones who are to come so soon they like to to think d of the little ones bursting from tin tile eggs well said sirs mrs white hen fill tills is the time of the year for the little ones to burst out of tile the eggs it is i the spring arid and you know liow little ones do love to come in the spring yes said sirs mrs brown lien hen 1 I 1 I know I 1 think there are going to be some good worms to feed to the little chicks and we must be careful that old sir air owl and old mr chicken hawk dont come near oli oil said mrs lien hen pray dont talk of anything like that when mien I 1 am q setting catin on oil my eggs it daliis roe me so nervous 1 I dont mean to make you nervous said sirs mrs brown lien hen iut but I 1 was jut just warning you we ni arit nit t all take care of such things it is better to he be on the lookout you know to be prep arPI in case anything happens yes we must keep a close c eye cre re on nn the little feathered dears yes said sirs mrs hon hen now that I 1 think about it I 1 think you are very wise to gle ghe such good advice thank you for it and I 1 aul wul be careful 1 I will too said sirs mrs white white hon hen we mothers must see that no harm comps come to the dears 1 I feel so sorry for the alie little inca bator chicks she continued you know sometimes they put eggs egg into incubators anil and the lie incubators are kept v a arm nil arid and nice so the eggs adil hatch out into int 0 C chicks 1 IC k q they N will III hatch out that way jot t 1 r us as we can hatch them out by setting on them and keeping them warn warm and am afee but the poor little incubator chicks have no mothers so said sirs airs brown hen hea ive seen some of those chicks it at different ferent lif times wondering wandering around the barnyard and there were no mother liens hens to look after them of course said sirs airs white hm hen the farmer looks after them but bat they dont know what a matheri mot heri love Is and ahat w aliat liat a mothers care it if yes said sirs mrs brown hen im glad our chicks are going to know what it a mothers love Is arid and the lie three hens all said bow g glad lad they were 1 I knew you were setting on egg and getting aptt ing ready to hatch batch said mm white lien hen and I 1 knew you were too sirs brown men hen 1 I knew you were going to also said sirs lien hen to sirs mrs brown hen anil ild to alm white hen arid and sirs mrs brown lien hen said to mrs white hen and to sirs airs hen that she de knew the same of them for when a hen Is going to set OB her ber eggs tind and wants to hatch batch thes them out she always clucks that Is the only time when she does so you yon wilt will always know a set ting and hatching lien hen lf if she clucks at other times 6 she he wll cackle e and cli hitter itter arid talk but only at that 12 one time little will she lie give that tunny funny 0 little cluck cluck cluck sound which we know so v well el L and the ahr three clucking hens sat and talked of the days day when then the little chicks would come collie dear lift I 1 othey agy dot dont know yellow and will white t e wh what a t a chicks they hey would love ave Is doubtless be and ench mother said to each otier mother will be b cluck cluck cluck mine brood of beets the most beautiful ever seen in file barnyard and to each mother tier her OW own brood 1 would be the most beautiful 99 too can easily anders understand tangi |