V 
SOME EXPERIENCES ON THE FARM 
I had never seen any chickens until I visited 
grandpa’s farm, so one day shortly after our 
arrival I went into the chicken-coop to make them 
a visit. 
A hen was sitting on a lot of eggs, and I had no 
intention of disturbing her. But when she saw me 
she began a terrible cackling, and flew away. Then 
I went up and sat on the eggs myself ; but in a few 
minutes the big rooster came to the coop, followed 
by nearly all the other roosters and the hens, and 
such a cackling and crowing I never heard in all my 
life. It seemed as if every one of the seventy fowl 
in the barnyard would cry themselves hoarse. I con- 
cluded that I was not a welcome visitor, so I left 
the nest and jumped out of the window. I thought 
it best not to go through the door with all those 
cacklers in wait for me. 
The stable was empty, because Elsa the cow, and 
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