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THE SMART HEN BY MARGERY KNORR

25/4/2023

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April Prompt: How many Easter eggs can fit in one basket?
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​How many Eggs can fit in one basket? Three eggs, unhatched and dispatched to the hidden basket. The basket is full.
 
I am solitary, the hen not fitting in, surrounded by two roosters, six ladies in waiting and a waddling of ducks.  The hens despise me, pecking at my tail feathers and pushing me to eat at the block of Irish Soda Bread. That soda bread prevailed, no one could peck through it.
 
King rooster asserts dominance over all, especially the cockerel, who seems purposeless – to the ladies. 

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