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Authors: Rebecca Bernadette Mance
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Jolene opened the hen house door and watched the squawking Rhode Island Red hens run flap ping out to the grass as if they were chased from the pen by a dozen fox. Foghorn the rooster who had been waiting for the hens ' release since the crack of dawn , immediately went to work on courting and chasing the hens down. He pretended to find a worm. He danced and clucked to bring a hen over for his imaginary present then jumped her bare back when she got close enough to investigate.
Now Jolene knew why their back and head feathers were missing.
True to his word, Patrick had moved her into her old family home. The house had been kept almost the same as it was the day Jolene last saw it. Some furniture that Aunt Paula sold was missing, b ut Patrick had taken her to the big furniture store on New Circle and got new mattresses, a sofa and a new kitchen table.
From there they had completed her home with bedding and towels for the kitchen and bathrooms.
Jolene, in turn, immediately started working at the barn helping to take care of the horses. She took care of Storm since Bernie had such problems with him.
" Hey, that is my job! " A tiny girl wi th light brown hair in pigtails, pink flowered rubber boots and a printed cotton dress with bright orange tights ran from the creek toward Jolene . A taller girl with chestnut colored hair and big brown eyes trailed the little girl wearing a long purple plaid shirt and jeans with her own tall purple rubber boots . " Who are you? "
They stopped and stared up at Jolene . " My name is Jolene . And what are your names? "
The taller girl poked her chest, grinned and push ed back a lock of her thick shiny hair over her shoulder . " I am Bea and this is my sister Lacy. "
The little girl jumped up and down. " Her name is really Beatrix, but we call her Bea. "
Bea crouched down to pet one of the hens. " Why did you let them out before we got here? "
Jolene bent down also. " They are usually out when I come outside but they were not today. I felt sorry for them because they were calling to me as I walked by. "
The smaller girl grinned, revealing missing front teeth. " That ' s because we always let them out, but we were late because Bea stayed up too late reading last night and slept in. "
The taller girl scowled down at the little one. " It is your fault Lacy, because you had a tummy ache and couldn ' t sleep…beside s you were reading too and you got us both into trouble with your big mouth! "
" I don ' t have a big mouth ! I t is smaller than yours! " Lacy turned on her booted foot popping her nose in the air and stomped away to chase the chickens. " You are the one with the big flashlight that you didn ' t turn off in time afor mamma got to the door. "
Losing interest in the argument Bea went to investigate a lo o se hinge on the hen house door. " Did you feed them yet? "
Jolene had not gotten that far yet. " Well, actually no. "
" How about collecting the eggs , did you do that part ? "
Jolene peered through the henhouse door. " Um, no. "
Bea pulled a small screwdriver out of a leather pack hitched around her waist and tightened a screw into the hinge. " The chicken feed is i n the garden shed over there. "
Lacy gave up chasing the hens and started running toward the little yellow wooden shed . It was painted with flowers on the shudders just like the chicken house. " I'll get the food! "
Jolene had noticed the cute shed and wondered about its origins. It, nor the chicken house , were there when she lived on the farm. The chicken house her father had built had been destroyed in the storm along with the barn. " Did you paint the house? "
Bea stood and examined her repair job thoughtfully. " Yup. We used stencils but did a
Jolene opened the hen house door and watched the squawking Rhode Island Red hens run flap ping out to the grass as if they were chased from the pen by a dozen fox. Foghorn the rooster who had been waiting for the hens ' release since the crack of dawn , immediately went to work on courting and chasing the hens down. He pretended to find a worm. He danced and clucked to bring a hen over for his imaginary present then jumped her bare back when she got close enough to investigate.
Now Jolene knew why their back and head feathers were missing.
True to his word, Patrick had moved her into her old family home. The house had been kept almost the same as it was the day Jolene last saw it. Some furniture that Aunt Paula sold was missing, b ut Patrick had taken her to the big furniture store on New Circle and got new mattresses, a sofa and a new kitchen table.
From there they had completed her home with bedding and towels for the kitchen and bathrooms.
Jolene, in turn, immediately started working at the barn helping to take care of the horses. She took care of Storm since Bernie had such problems with him.
" Hey, that is my job! " A tiny girl wi th light brown hair in pigtails, pink flowered rubber boots and a printed cotton dress with bright orange tights ran from the creek toward Jolene . A taller girl with chestnut colored hair and big brown eyes trailed the little girl wearing a long purple plaid shirt and jeans with her own tall purple rubber boots . " Who are you? "
They stopped and stared up at Jolene . " My name is Jolene . And what are your names? "
The taller girl poked her chest, grinned and push ed back a lock of her thick shiny hair over her shoulder . " I am Bea and this is my sister Lacy. "
The little girl jumped up and down. " Her name is really Beatrix, but we call her Bea. "
Bea crouched down to pet one of the hens. " Why did you let them out before we got here? "
Jolene bent down also. " They are usually out when I come outside but they were not today. I felt sorry for them because they were calling to me as I walked by. "
The smaller girl grinned, revealing missing front teeth. " That ' s because we always let them out, but we were late because Bea stayed up too late reading last night and slept in. "
The taller girl scowled down at the little one. " It is your fault Lacy, because you had a tummy ache and couldn ' t sleep…beside s you were reading too and you got us both into trouble with your big mouth! "
" I don ' t have a big mouth ! I t is smaller than yours! " Lacy turned on her booted foot popping her nose in the air and stomped away to chase the chickens. " You are the one with the big flashlight that you didn ' t turn off in time afor mamma got to the door. "
Losing interest in the argument Bea went to investigate a lo o se hinge on the hen house door. " Did you feed them yet? "
Jolene had not gotten that far yet. " Well, actually no. "
" How about collecting the eggs , did you do that part ? "
Jolene peered through the henhouse door. " Um, no. "
Bea pulled a small screwdriver out of a leather pack hitched around her waist and tightened a screw into the hinge. " The chicken feed is i n the garden shed over there. "
Lacy gave up chasing the hens and started running toward the little yellow wooden shed . It was painted with flowers on the shudders just like the chicken house. " I'll get the food! "
Jolene had noticed the cute shed and wondered about its origins. It, nor the chicken house , were there when she lived on the farm. The chicken house her father had built had been destroyed in the storm along with the barn. " Did you paint the house? "
Bea stood and examined her repair job thoughtfully. " Yup. We used stencils but did a
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