The curly-haired hen . •V;.%-o\ had made her quite a collection of little trousers and vests,which had style, I can tell you. She had copied, too, from acircus she had seen, an English clowns costume which was mostbecoming. Nothing could be funnier than to watch this tinydwarf, to see her strut, jump, dance, coming and going, skip- YOLLANDE S TROUSSEAU 35 ping around suddenly,—one moment skittish, the next veryimportant. Petit-Jacques loved to tease her, but not roughly; he wouldpush her with his foot, and make her jump at him impatiently,looking perfectly ridiculous in her quaint dress. You c
The curly-haired hen . •V;.%-o\ had made her quite a collection of little trousers and vests,which had style, I can tell you. She had copied, too, from acircus she had seen, an English clowns costume which was mostbecoming. Nothing could be funnier than to watch this tinydwarf, to see her strut, jump, dance, coming and going, skip- YOLLANDE S TROUSSEAU 35 ping around suddenly,—one moment skittish, the next veryimportant. Petit-Jacques loved to tease her, but not roughly; he wouldpush her with his foot, and make her jump at him impatiently,looking perfectly ridiculous in her quaint dress. You couldhave sworn she was a miniature clown. Add to all this, the. ffl^ 1 *lf r*** fr ^ queer inarticulate sounds she made when she was angry, andeven then you can have no idea how very amusing these panto-mimes were. 36 THE CURL Y-H AIRED HEN Soon the fame of Yollande spread far and wide. She be-came celebrated throughout the district. Instead of askingMother Etienne how she was, people asked: Hows your hen today, Mother Etienne? ?^u/.
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