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(1880) [MARC] Author: Richard Gustafsson Translator: Albert Alberg
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You must not do that! 37

listened to the last remark, “ mothers of a superior
class never have many little ones.”

“ But only fancy what a genteel bringing up they
are sure to get,” all the hens cackled in chorus;
and they were all agreed, that if they never before
had had any paragons of chickens in the poultry
yard, now was the time that such would be found
there.

“ Cheep, cheep, cheep!” chirruped the small bastard
Chinese, and ran after their ma, who picked and
pecked about for them; but as they grew bigger
they had to peck for themselves. Besides, my lady
became so occupied with their education, that she
found no time to think of getting them anything
for their little crops. From early dawn till roosting-
time my lady’s beak was busy with, “You must
not do that! That is not allowed in fine society,
my little ones; remember, ’tis not the fashion.”

“ Kaw, kaw, kaw, kaw, here are plenty of worms!”
cackled the other hens, on the top of a dust-heap,
and immediately the little chickens wanted to hasten
there, but her ladyship cried out:

“Dear me, it won’t do for you, my chickens, to
go and scramble there; you would dirty your fine
white feathers. You mustn’t do that!”

“Cheep, cheep, cheep, we are so hungry!” chir-
ruped the little ones.

“Even that is better than to condescend to
anything that isn’t quite genteel,” said my lady.

One day all the other, now big, chickens, were
practising flying up and perching on the roof of

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