The curly-haired hen . ^ v> MOTHER ETIENNES FARM 9 As soon as she and Coco came trotting into the market therewas a rush to get to her first. There, as everywhere, everyone loved Mother CHAPTER II A MOTHER S DEVOTION Thus time passed peacefully at the big farm. One day, however, the quiet was disturbed by a little dramawhich convulsed the calm but busy spot. Mother Etienne had given to a Cochin-China hen, whichshe had christened YoUande, some white ducks eggs to sit batch of fifteen eggs had all come out. It was reallywonderful to see these fifteen baby ducks, yellow as can
The curly-haired hen . ^ v> MOTHER ETIENNES FARM 9 As soon as she and Coco came trotting into the market therewas a rush to get to her first. There, as everywhere, everyone loved Mother CHAPTER II A MOTHER S DEVOTION Thus time passed peacefully at the big farm. One day, however, the quiet was disturbed by a little dramawhich convulsed the calm but busy spot. Mother Etienne had given to a Cochin-China hen, whichshe had christened YoUande, some white ducks eggs to sit batch of fifteen eggs had all come out. It was reallywonderful to see these fifteen baby ducks, yellow as canaries,beaks and webbed feet pink, swarming around the big patientsitting mother, ducking under her wings, to come out presentlyand clamber helter-skelter onto her broad back. As oftenhappens with nurses, YoUande loved the ducklings as her ownchildren, and without worrying about their shape or plumage,so different from her own, she showered upon them proofs ofthe tenderest affection. Did a fly pass within their reach, allthese little ones jumped at it—tumbling in their efforts to catchit. The little yellow balls with their wide-awake air never tooka seconds rest. Well cared for and well fed
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