A CHICKEN WITH WOODEN LEG. 287 The rooster put on far more airs, and held his head higher,than the great Cochin-China in the barn-yard, and he alwaysmanaged to be ahead of the latter in getting off the first crowin the morning. In the winter the children were fond of coast-ing, and they seldom… … would s;et on the bi^ sled, each holding her pet, and off theywould start. Sometimes the sledwould be sent down, carrying the chickens alone. Tip would generally keep bis balance, but his matealways became frightened and jumped off when about half-waydown. The children kept these chickens for over…
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