But the driver's Tom's brother, and Tom's his own horse.
[THE CHICKENS THAT WOULD NOT BE TAME.]
In a small village there lived an old woman who kept poultry. One day this old woman went to see a little girl, who had some chickens which were so tame that they would eat corn and crumbs out of her hand.
"That's nice," said the old woman; "I shall teach my chickens to do that."
So she went home, and got some corn and some crumbs, and went out into the yard and called the chickens; but they would not come to her. They were afraid of her, because she used to shout at them, and throw sticks at them, every time they came into the garden, or near the house.
When she saw that her chickens would not eat out of her hand, this old woman was very angry, indeed.
"You bad chickens!" she said, "I'll catch you and make you eat out of my hand." So she ran after them and tried to catch them, but some ran one way and some another, and she could not lay hold of any of them.