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    The Chickens of Fowl Farm
    The Chickens of Fowl Farm
    The Chickens of Fowl Farm
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    The Chickens of Fowl Farm

    By Lena E. Barksdale

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The Chickens of Fowl Farm - Lena E. Barksdale

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      Title: The Chickens of Fowl Farm

      Author: Lena E. Barksdale

      Release Date: December 20, 2007 [eBook #23943]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHICKENS OF FOWL FARM***

      E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia,

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      THE CHICKENS OF FOWL FARM

      A STORY

      BY LENA E. BARKSDALE

      Kodak Illustrations by the Authoress

      PUBLISHED BY

      ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT

      Philadelphia

      1898

      Copyright, 1898.

      By Lena E. Barksdale.

      PREFACE.

      I have written this little chicken book in the past few months, and now on my eleventh birthday the story is finished.

      The other critters have talked to the world through Uncle Remus. The horses through Black Beauty; now I wish to give the chickens a chance.

      Most of them I write of are members of my own family, so I know them well.

      L. E. B.

      August 22d, 1898.

      THE CHICKENS OF FOWL FARM.

      CHAPTER FIRST.

      A TALK IN THE CHICKENYARD.

      Why is it, I would like to know, said young Scratchfoot, throwing the sand over himself, that every one is talking and carrying on of a hot Summer day the very time you ought to go to sleep?

      Hush up, Scratchfoot, said Topknot, we are having a very lively conversation. Uncle Red Nose Mike has just asked a riddle, which none of us can guess. But you can, so get up and try.

      Scratchfoot yawned and then said, Mr. Mike, what is your riddle? I will try my hand at it. What is it?

      What kind of a cravat would our friend Mr. Hog be most likely to choose? said Red Nose Mike, then added: "I have

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