The Big Egg Hatches

As time went by Jeffery Hen was wondering when it was going to be time for Henriette's big egg to hatch. She knew that her own egg would hatch the very next day. She got off of her nest and went over to Henriette's house.

Henriette saw Jeffery Hen coming through a crack in the wall. When she saw her she got off her nest to greet her at the door. Henriette told Jeffery Hen she had come just in time to help her turn the big egg. When Jeffery Hen and Henriette hopped onto the nest, Jeffery Hen noticed a crack in the egg. She said in a low voice, "Henriette! Look here, there is a crack in the egg."

Henriette said in an excited voice, "Oh, my goodness! My egg is ready to hatch." She immediately ran to the door and hollered for Henry. Henry and Roo both came running and so did a lot of other hens. When Henry and Roo got into the hen house, the house was completely full, there was no room for any more chickens. Among them were Bear, Panda, Vick and her twins.

They looked at the crack in the egg and saw a beak poking out of it. They turned the egg and noticed another crack, and then another one. "Three cracks! That is three chicks!", yelled all the chickens. When the egg finally broke open there were three baby chicks.

The elder hen came to check on things. She had a time convincing the chickens outside the hen house that she needed to check the baby chicks. When she finally got to the nest she was surprised to see three babies. She checked one of them and it was a boy. The elder hen said, "Well, I see you got three boys."

Henry said, "You only checked one of them."

The elder hen said, "If one is a boy so are the rest of them."

Written by Sherry