About the Book
I A SPECKLED BEAUTY Henrietta Hen thought highly of herself. Not only did she consider herself a speckled beauty (to use her own words) but she had an excellent opinion of her own ways, her own ideasȔeven of her own belongings. When she pulled a fat wormȔor a grubȔout of the ground she did it with an air of pride; and she was almost sure to say, There! Id like to see anybody else find a bigger one than that! Of course, it wouldnt really have pleased her at all to have one of her neighbors do better than she did. That was only her way of boasting that no one could beat her. If any one happened to mention speckles Henrietta Hen was certain to speak of her own, claiming that they were the handsomest and most speckly to be found in Pleasant Valley. And if a person chanced to say anything about combs, Henrietta never failed to announce that hers was the reddest and most beautiful in the whole world. Nobody could ever find out how she knew that. She had never been off the farm. But it was useless to remind her that she had never travelled. Such a remark only made her angry. Having such a good opinion of herself, Henrietta Hen always had a great deal to talk about. She kept up a constant cluck from dawn till dusk. It made no difference to her whether she happened to be alone, or with friends. She talked just the sameȔthough naturally she preferred to have others hear what she said, because she considered her remarks most important. There were times when Henrietta Hen took pains that all her neighbors should hear her. She was never so proud as when she had a newly-laid egg to exhibit. Then an ordinary cluck was not loud enough to express her feelings. To announce such important news Henrietta Hen never failed to raise her voice in a high-pitched Cut-cut-cut, ca-dah-cut! This interesting speech she always repeated several times. For she wanted everybody to know that Henrietta Hen had laid another of her famous eggs. After such an event she always went about asking people if they had heard the newsȔjust as if they could have helped hearing her silly racket! Now, it sometimes happened, when she was on such an errand, that Henrietta Hen met with snubs. Now and then her questionȔHave you heard the news?Ȕbrought some such sallies as these: Polly Plymouth Rock has just laid an enormous egg! Have you seen it? Or maybe, Dont be disappointed, Henrietta! Somebody has to lay the littlest ones! Such jibes were certain to make Henrietta Hen lose her temper. And she would talk very fast (and, alas! very loud, too) about jealous neighbors and how unpleasant it was to live among folk that were so stingy of their praise that they couldnt say a good word for the finest eggs that ever were seen! On such occasions Henrietta Hen generally talked in a lofty way about moving to the village to live. They think enough of my eggs down there, she would boast. Boiled, fried, poached, scrambled, or for an omeletteȔmy eggs cant be beaten. If the villagers cant beat your eggs they certainly cant use them for omelettes, Polly Plymouth Rock told Henrietta one day.... About the Author
Arthur Scott Bailey (November 15, 1877 – October 17, 1949) was an American writer. He was the author of more than forty childrens books. He was born in St. Albans, Vermont, United States, the second child of Winfield Scott Bailey and Harriet Sarah Goodhue Bailey attended St. Albans Academy and graduated in 1896, in a class of only eleven other students. He then went on to the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, where he became involved in a fraternal organization, Sigma Phi. He left UVM in 1901 and transferred to Harvard, where he earned his bachelors degree. After graduating Harvard in 1902, Bailey traveled to Chicago and put his knowledge of growing up in his fathers store to good use, becoming a wholesale grocery merchant. This lasted until 1904, when Bailey travelled to New York City and became an editor for various publishers. Which publishers these were is unknown, with the exception of the Macaulay Company, where he was working in early 1915. His work also includes the comic strip Animal Whys, which was syndicated in 1937. Bailey was known for being an intellectual, and was a member of the Salamagundi Club of New York. In terms of religion, Bailey was a Unitarian and politically, he was a Republican of the old school. Bailey died on October 17, 1949, at 71 years of age. Allen W. Goodspeed grew up to become the Professor Emeritus of Forest Management at West Virginia University; and has a scholarship named in his honor. He died on September 30, 1991, and had 10 grandchildren. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Product Details
- ISBN-13: 9781548154172
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Binding: Paperback
- Language: English
- Returnable: N
- Width: 60 mm
- ISBN-10: 1548154172
- Publisher Date: 22 Jun 2017
- Height: 0 mm
- No of Pages: 98
- Weight: 198.38 gr
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