RAGGEDY ANN AND THE CHICKENS


When Marcella was called into the house she left Raggedy sitting on the
chicken yard fence. "Now you sit quietly and do not stir," Marcella told
Raggedy Ann, "If you move you may fall and hurt yourself!"

So, Raggedy Ann sat quietly, just as Marcella told her, but she smiled
at the chickens for she had fallen time and again and it had never hurt
her in the least. She was stuffed with nice soft cotton, you see.

So, there she sat until a tiny little humming-bird, in search of flower
honey hummed close to Raggedy Ann's head and hovered near the tall
Hollyhocks.

Raggedy Ann turned her rag head to see the humming-bird and lost her
balance--_plump!_ she went, down amongst the chickens.

The chickens scattered in all directions, all except Old Ironsides, the
rooster.

He ruffled his neck feathers and put his head down close to the ground,
making a queer whistling noise as he looked fiercely at Raggedy Ann.

But Raggedy Ann only smiled at Old Ironsides, the rooster, and ran her
rag hand through her yarn hair for she did not fear him.