1. Poor Betty had plenty of time to think over all her troubles. But after two or three days she heard a sound which made her feel very happy.
2. It was the voice of her old friend the coachman, who had come to fetch her away. She cackled to him in a most loving way; but, alas! the coachman had nothing to say to her.
THE NEW HOME.
3. He was cross and sulky because Betty had not won a prize.
"Poor thing!" said the cook when Betty got home, "what an object she looks to be sure! She is as light as a feather.
4. "The mother that hatched her won't know her again. I declare that I don't believe this is our Betty at all, but some old rubbish of a bird they have sent us instead!"
5. "Oh yes," said her mistress, coming up to look, "it is our Betty. But I beg of you to get rid of her at once. I cannot bear the sight of her after thinking she would get a prize."
6. "Shall I step out and do it at once?" said the cook, calmly.
"No, no!" said the mistress. "Do not kill her. Give her away. She will be a useful hen to some one else, and is sure to lay plenty of eggs."