again.

Soon Henrietta returned once more to urge the Rooster to carry an
umbrella. And it wasn't long after that when she came bustling up to him
and informed him that a warm muffler about his throat wouldn't be amiss.

There seemed to be no end to her suggestions. And though at first the
Rooster had liked to hear them (without having any idea of following
them) after a time Henrietta's attentions began to annoy him.

"Great cracked corn!" he exclaimed. "This Henrietta Hen is getting to be
a pest."




IX

HAUGHTY HENRIETTA


Feeling as important as she did, Henrietta Hen liked to have her own way.
She said that she couldn't be expected to do just as others wished.

"I'll take orders from nobody," she often declared. "And if I lay eggs
for Farmer Green I shall lay them when and where I please."

Henrietta took special delight in laying her eggs in out-of-the-way
places. She was never content to lay two in the same nest.