THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT [1]
all pecked at each other till the blood ran down and they fell
down dead, to the derision and shame of their family, and to the great
loss of their owner."
The hen who had lost the loose little feather naturally did not
recognise her own story, and being a respectable hen, said: "I despise
those fowls; but there are more of that kind. Such things ought not to
be concealed, and I will do my best to get the story into the
papers, so that it becomes known throughout the land; the hens have
richly deserved it, and their family too."
It got into the papers, it was printed; and there is no doubt
about it, one little feather may easily grow into five hens.
THE END
.
down dead, to the derision and shame of their family, and to the great
loss of their owner."
The hen who had lost the loose little feather naturally did not
recognise her own story, and being a respectable hen, said: "I despise
those fowls; but there are more of that kind. Such things ought not to
be concealed, and I will do my best to get the story into the
papers, so that it becomes known throughout the land; the hens have
richly deserved it, and their family too."
It got into the papers, it was printed; and there is no doubt
about it, one little feather may easily grow into five hens.
THE END
.