All you poor little shivering things!

It’s cloudy above and muddy below;

The rain pours down and the four winds blow.

Too bad the weather’s so damp and cold,

And you, poor chicks, but three days old!

You haven’t much chance, that I can see;

But cluck, cluck! come hither to me.

Yellow, and Brownie, and Tan, and White,

Blackie and Spot—yes, six—that’s right.

Cluck, cluck! hide under my wings,