THE HEN THAT HATCHED DUCKS. 



A STORY. 



there was a nice young hen that we will call Mrs. 

 Feathertop. She was a hen of most excellent family, 

 being a direct descendant of the Bolton Grays, and as pretty 

 a young fowl as you should wish to see of a summer's day. 

 She was, moreover, as fortunately situated in life as it was 

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