Yollande appears emerging from her shroud.
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CURLY-HAIRED HEN
TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
A. VIMAR
TRANSLATED BY
NORA K. HILLS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Mother Etienne's Farm
CHAPTER III
Yollande's Trousseau
CHAPTER IV
Father Gusson's Secret
CHAPTER V
Sir Booum Calls upon Mother Etienne
ivCHAPTERVIII
Mother Etienne's Dream
CHAPTER IX
Mother Etienne's Fortune
CHAPTER X
Triumph of the Ointment
CHAPTER I
MOTHER ETIENNE'S FARM
"Oh Grandfather, tell us a story, do. You know, the one you beganthe other evening about Mother Etienne's big farm. You remember.The weather is so bad and we can't go out. Go on, Grandfather,please."
Coaxingly the three children clung round their grandfather,looking at him beseechingly. He adoring the children as he did,loved to hear them plead.
Since you have been very good, and you want it so much, I willtell you the wonderful story of Mother Etienne's farm and thestill more wonderful story of what happened to one of itsoccupants.
Love animals, my children, be kind to them, care for them, and youwill surely have your