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Excerpt from Good Wishes for the Children
It was dark all about, the hens were packed close together, and the one next to her was not asleep. She heard, and yet she didn't hear, as one must do in the world, if he would live in peace. Still, she had to confide the matter to her neighbor.
Did you hear what was said just now? I don't call names, but there is a hen who wants to pick her feathers out in order to be beautiful! If I were the cock, I would scorn her!
And just above the fowls sat the owl, with her husband and children. They have sharp ears in that family, so they heard every word which neighbor hen spoke, and they rolled their eyes, and the owl mother fanned herself with her wings.
Don't listen! Don't listen! But then you heard what has just been said? I heard it with my own ears, and one who has his ears can hear a good deal!
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