The curly-haired hen . 0 THECURL Y-H AIKED HEN Petit-Jacques. They sat there drinking in her words. MotherEtienne told them as best she could all that had happened andall that she had seen in the most secret wings of the giganticcircus. Germaine in her excitement was forgetful enough tolet the soup boil over and the roast burn, but all the same theydined gaily. There were still plenty of questions to be Etienne had to go over every detail and even to tellsome stories over again. They went on talking far into thenight—so charmed were the listeners at the recital. Nobody thought of
The curly-haired hen . 0 THECURL Y-H AIKED HEN Petit-Jacques. They sat there drinking in her words. MotherEtienne told them as best she could all that had happened andall that she had seen in the most secret wings of the giganticcircus. Germaine in her excitement was forgetful enough tolet the soup boil over and the roast burn, but all the same theydined gaily. There were still plenty of questions to be Etienne had to go over every detail and even to tellsome stories over again. They went on talking far into thenight—so charmed were the listeners at the recital. Nobody thought of going to bed. Germaine was longingfor the morrow, she was so anxious to see for herself this fairy-land. At last, midnight striking, reminded Mother Etienne thatit was time for sleep. Then they all went to bed, each head fullof the wonders of tomorrows performance. CHAPTER VIII MOTHER ETIENNE S DREAM Mother Etienne was very restless again that night, haunted,not by a dreadful nightmare as before, but by a troublesome. 72 THECURL Y-H AIEED HEN dream. Everything she had just seen at Sir Booums appearedbefore her, the tiniest incidents, the least important details. All the explanations, concerning the creatures in themenagerie given her by the trainer, came back to her, like anobject lesson in a curious dream. The principal person in it was Yollande. YoUande asBarnum, Yollande as trainer, Yollande holding in one hairywing a stout whip, in the other the pitchfork as a protectionagainst claws and teeth. You see here, said Yollande in a loud voice, you seehere the wild ox from Madagascar, which takes the place of
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