Jeffery Hen - Another Egg is Laid

When Roo got back home from measuring the big egg, he wanted to measure Jeffery Hen's egg. He said, "Look here, Dear, that big egg was just as wide around as the length of this feather." He made a big circle with the feather to show how big the egg really was. He took the feather and wrapped it around Jeffery Hen's egg. It was almost two-third as round as the big egg.

While they were in the hen house a rooster outside was crowing to announce that his hen had laid an egg. Jeffery Hen wanted to go and see the egg. Roo said, "I'll stay here with our egg till you get back and then I will go over and measure their egg."

Jeffery Hen went over to the hen house to look at the egg. The egg looked small. All of the hens told the hen of the egg that they think it is going to be a girl. One of the hens said, "It's usually a girl when the egg is small and a boy when the egg is bigger, most of the time."

When Jeffery Hen got back home she told Roo that the hen laid a smaller egg then hers. Roo said, "Well, just let me go over and measure it." When Roo got to the hen house he told the hens that he would like to measure the egg to see what size it was. The hens got out of his way. He said, "That big egg Harriet laid was just as wide around as this feather," as he showed them the feather in a circle.

While he was measuring the egg he noticed the egg was smaller then Jeffery Hen's because it passed by the notch he put in the feather. When he got finished measuring the egg he showed them how much smaller the egg was compared to the big egg and Jeffery Hen's. "Your egg is exactly one half as wide around as the big egg," said Roo. "Here is how big Jeffery Hen's and my egg is."

When Roo got back home he showed Jeffery Hen how much smaller the egg was then hers. Roo said, "We better get on the ball and start thinking up some names."

Posted by Sherry