So the little black and white hen, she ran into the barn and up on the side of the wall she saw a little box. She jumped into the little box and there she laid an egg. Then she said:
“Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Robert.
Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Robert.”
Then the little yellow hen she jumped right into the manger and she wiggled around in the straw until she made a little nest where she laid an egg. Then she said:
“Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Martha.
Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Martha.”
Then the little black hen she saw another little box nailed on to the wall so she jumped up on it and she laid an egg and then she said:
“Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Tom, for Tom,
Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Tom.”
And then the little white hen she could not find any place at all. She ran around and around. Finally she sat right down in the soft dust which by this time the sun had made all warm, until she made a little round hollow and there she laid an egg. Then she said:
“Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Peter.
Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I laid an egg for Peter.”
When the rooster saw all these eggs he opened his mouth again and bragged: