hat do you
think he saw? Another egg was cracking because another little chicken
was going pick, peck inside. Soon out of the shell came a little baby
brother. And then he heard another funny little noise, and another shell
broke and out of the shell came a little baby sister. And then he heard
another little noise and another shell broke and out of the shell came
still another little sister. This went on until there were a lot of
yellow baby chickens. Then all the little chickens went scritch,
scratch, with their little feet looking for worms, and all the little
chickens took a drink of water and held up their heads to let the water
run down their throats. And all the little chickens ran to the mother
hen calling:

"Cheep, cheep, cheep."

Now all the little chickens began to grow. The little sisters all got
little bits of combs on the tops of their heads and under their bills.
Their little yellow feathers turned into all kinds of colors. But the
little brother chicken, he got a great big red comb on the top of his
head and under his bill, and he got long spurs on his ankles. On his
neck the feathers grew long and yellow and behind on his tail they grew
very long and all shiny green.

He was walking around one morning while it was still dark when suddenly
he felt a funny feeling in his throat. He wanted to open his mouth. So
he did, and out of his mouth this is what came:

"Cock-a-doodle-doo,
Cock-a-doodle-doo."

He thought it sounded perfectly wonderful; so he opened his mouth again
and out came the same sound:

"Cock-a-doodle-doo,
Cock-a-doodle-doo."

Now when his sister hens heard this wonderful rooster-noise they all
came running out of the chicken house. This made the rooster more
pleased than ever. So he threw his head way back and he opened his beak
wide and he crowed:

"Cock-a-doodle-doo,
Cock-a-doodle-doo,
I'm twice as smart as you,
Cock-a-doodle-doo,
See what I can do."

When his sister hens heard him say this each one began to cluck and say:

"Cut-cut-cut, cadaakut,
I'm going to lay an egg, an egg."

Then the rooster answered:

"Cock-a-doodle-doo,
I don't believe it's true.
Cock-a-doodle-doo,
I don't believe it's true."

So the little black and white hen, she ran into the barn and up on the
side of the wall she saw a little box. She jumped into the little box
and there she laid an egg. Then she said:

"Cut-