Harriman, Susan S., comp · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 407
-ing the song, and am not I in the song, andwhat else could I do? Yes, I suppose so, said Davie. Well, go on, then, said the wren, anddont bother me. Davie felt very queer. He stopped a mo-ment, but soon thought that he must do as hewas bid, and he began to sing again: I bought a hen, and my hen… … There, behind the wren, stood a little Bantamhen, and around her neck was a little goldencord that fastened her to the wrens leg. I suppose that was you? said Davie. Yes, indeed, replied the hen. I knowwhen my time comes in, in a song. But it wasprovoking for you to call me away from mychicks. I?…
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