Mrs. Gray Goose: I'm sure I don't know. Let us run and tell Mr. Wise Owl. He knows everything. Mrs. White Hen: Where does Mr. Wise Owl live? Mrs. Gray Goose: In the hollow tree in the orchard. Mrs. Brown Duck: But he will be asleep. You know owls always sleep in the day time. Mrs. White Hen: Let us stand here at the foot of the tree and call. Mrs. White Hen: Mrs. Brown Duck: Mrs. Gray Goose: Wake up! Wake up! Mr. Owl! Mr. Owl! Mr. Wise Owl: Whoo! Whoo! Who calls? Mrs. White Hen: It is Mrs. White Hen, Mrs. Brown Duck and Mrs. Gray Goose. Mr. Wise Owl (coming out of his hollow tree): This bright sun makes me wink and blink. What do you want? Mrs. White Hen: Oh, Mr. Wise Owl, there is something in my nest and it's big and white! What do you suppose it is? Mr. Wise Owl: Let me think! I have thought four minutes and I do not know what it is. us go and see. Where is your nest? Let Mrs. White Hen: There is my nest in that big box. Mr. Wise Owl: You stand here while I call. Whoo! Whoo! Who is in Mrs. White Hen's nest? Kitty: Mew, mew, mew. Mrs. Gray Goose: Why, it's only a kitty. Mrs. White Hen: Why, I know that kitty. It is Jack's white kitten. Mrs. Brown Duck: Of course you know that kitty. Mr. Wise Owl: Only a kitty, What a pity! & MRS. WHITE HEN'S MISTAKE. Mrs. Brown Duck: Good-morning, Mrs. White Hen. Where are you going so fast? Mrs. White Hen: I am running to the barn to hide. Some thing dreadful has happened. Mrs. Brown Duck: What has happened. Mrs. White Hen? Do tell me. Mrs. White Hen: Oh, Mrs. Brown Duck, the sun has fallen from the sky. Mrs. Brown Duck: What makes you think so, Mrs. White Hen? Mrs. White Hen: Why, I saw it in the pond when I went to get a drink. Mrs. Brown Duck: How awful! with you. Let's hurry. I will go Mrs. Gray Goose: Good-morning, Mrs. Brown Duck. Where are you going in such a hurry? Mrs. Brown Duck: Oh, Mrs. Gray Goose, something awful has happened! The sun has fallen from the sky. Mrs. Gray Goose: How do you know that, Mrs. Brown Duck? Mrs. Brown Duck: Mrs. White Hen told me. Mrs. Gray Goose: How do you know, Mrs. White Hen? Mrs. White Hen: Oh, I saw it in the pond when I went to get a drink. Mrs. Gray Goose: Oh, dear! oh, dear! What shall I do? I am so frightened! Mrs. Brown Duck: Come with us. We are going to the barn to hide. Mrs. Gray Goose: No, let us go and tell Mr. Wise Owl about it. He will know the best thing for us to do. Mrs. White Hen: Yes, let us go at once. Mrs. Brown Duck: Here is his hollow tree. Let us all call together. Mrs. White Hen: Oh, Mr. Wise Owl, wake up! |