Then she went into the house, but not back to bed, for Mr. Merry Sun was just getting up and it was early morning.
“Cock-a-doodle-do,
The grass is wet with dew.
Come, give the Henhouse key a turn
And we will catch the early worm,”
sang Cocky Doodle.
I guess the Kind Farmer’s wife understood him, for she came back and unlocked the door. Then she sprinkled corn on the ground for the chickens’ breakfast, and after that she milked Mrs. Cow, who was waiting at the pasture fence.
“Gracious me!” exclaimed Henny Penny, almost falling into the hole which Danny Fox had made. And she began to cackle so loudly that Cocky Doodle forgot all about his breakfast.
“You can thank me that Danny Fox didn’t get in your house,” said Mrs. Longtooth Rat. “I made Mr. Longtooth tell Old Sic’em just in time. If I had waited another minute, it would have been too late.”