Gordon about
the eggs, for they liked cookies.
That afternoon, when Sadie West, Helen Newton, Charlie Star and Harry
Bentley came over to play with Bunny and Sue, they had to be shown the
place in the hay where Sue "found" the eggs. One of Mr. Brown's stable
men had taken out the broken shells, for he did not want them to get in
the hay that the horses ate. The inside of the eggs did not matter, for
horses like them anyhow.
The children saw a hen walking around on the hay, near the place where
Sue had slid into the eggs.
"I guess that's the hen that had her nest here," said Sadie.
"And she is wondering where it is now," added Bunny. "Go on away, Mrs.
Hen!" he exclaimed. "Go lay your eggs in Mrs. Gordon's coop."
And the hen, cackling, flew away.
"Let's all slide down," said Charlie Star. "Let's slide in the hay."
"Oh, yes!" cried Sue. "And maybe we'll find some more nests. But I don't
want to slide in any if we do find some," she said. "I don't want to get
this dress dirty."
The children had great fun sliding down the hay-hill, but they found no
more eggs.
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