One reads in the newspapers of hailstones the size of hens' eggs.
So long as the hens lay eggs and the cow gives milk we can have omelettes and junket.
I always knew that hens were stupid little creatures but you are quite the stupidest little hen I ever saw in all my life."
Going out through the tunnel, I gave the hens their corn, emptied the ice from their drinking-pan, and filled it with water.
The cow, the hens, and even the pigs, came in for a share of his unusually kind attention; and as he fed them all the big tears rolled down his cheeks, as he thought that perhaps never again would he see any of them.