The Curly-Haired Hen

Yollande appears emerging from her shroud.
TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. VIMAR
TRANSLATED BY NORA K. HILLS
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Oh Grandfather, tell us a story, do. You know, the one you began the other evening about Mother Etienne's big farm. You remember. The weather is so bad and we can't go out. Go on, Grandfather, please.
Coaxingly the three children clung round their grandfather, looking at him beseechingly. He adoring the children as he did, loved to hear them plead.
2 At last he began:
Since you have been very good, and you want it so much, I will tell you the wonderful story of Mother Etienne's farm and the still more wonderful story of what happened to one of its occupants.
Love animals, my children, be kind to them, care for them, and you will surely have your reward.