Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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THE TROUBLES OF WHITEY AHD SPECKLES 11. Old Mother Speckles wss in trouble, ond Teddy was the one who wss to blame for it all. Teddy didn't mean to get Old Mother Speckles in trouble end if he hed been born on the farm like his cousin Sally, all this wouldn't hove happened. But Toddy was born in the city end hod lived in the city, so he didn't know much about a farm. When he cane from the city to live with his Uncle Will end Aunt Ads, ho didn't know a thing obout the farm. Why when they told him to sec if the hold back was fastened, or to buckle the throat letch he didn't know whet they meant. But he liked the country; he liked to drive old Topsy, end pretty soon he could do c lot of chores, without making many mistakes. After he had been there a while, Aunt Ada told Teddy, I thin’: you've been here long enough to have some real things to do, so you con look after the poultry. Sally showed'her cousin how to feed end water the hens end tha ducks. She showed him about the nest eggs, how to always leave the chine c:;g in the nest, so the hens would keep on laying in the some nest. She showed him how to sot the hens ond ducks. Old Mother Speckles was r Plymouth Rock hon, end Miss Whitey was a ekin duck. Pekin ducks are always white end Plymouth Rock hens aro rather speckled. Now Mother Speckles began to stay on her nest end so did Whitey, the duck. Teddy esked Aunt Ada if he could 3et them both, end Aunt Ado sold, Of course, you may, but you know Speckles will hatch hor chickens before Whitey does her baby ducks, for it takes ducks eggs a week longer to hatch. When Teddy got the eggs end put them under Speckles, she said, Cluck, Cluck, Cluck , which meant, Now, wasn't he a good boy I He put eggs under Whitey, and her nest was all lined with feathers. She was glad too, but she made some pretty queer noises, when he was trying to get the eggs under her. Speckles was getting discouraged sitting on the eggs so long. It seemed os if she hod never sat so long before, but after a while she begen to hear the Peep peep in the eggs, end soon she hod the nicest family of yellow chicks. She could hardly believe her own eyes; they were not bleck at all She finally decided she would take her family out looking for worms.

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12. Eut, when she was calling to them, Cluck, Cluck, Cluck, see the good worms, those children found a nud puddle end into it they went. Mother Speckles called Come, come children, before you get in the water that is so deep you can't get out, but they didn't pay any attention. Their little feet wore paddling the water, and they were, having such a good time, they said, Oh Mother Speckles, come in. Come in, and see if you can't find a worm in this mud puddle. Mother Speckles was so frightened, she called to the other he'ns. Cone quick, cone quick, my children are in the water and they will drown. VJhitey's family was a disappointment to her. She wont near the water, but not on- would follow her. She called, Quack, Quack, just sec how nice it is to swim on the water, but they just peeked ar.d peeked and were so scared. Hearing ell the quacking .and clucking in the yard, Teddy and Sally came to s-e what the’matter was. Ha, Ha, laughed Sally. Oh, Teddy, you gave Speckles ducks' eggs, end Whitey hens' eg: si Speckles tried to call her duck children, but they were in the water with Whitey, so she colled the real chickens who came and nestled under her wings, end they said, Are we glad, you'll be our mother. Wc don't went to go into the water. In the mud puddle where Whitey and the ducks were swim- ming, the little ducks were saying to Whitey, We are glad, you'll bo our mother; why that Speckles thought the water was awfu1. Dorothy Glidden '56 Miss Gate's to Miss Dewing while driving in Burlington: Oh, Mojoric, be more careful. You just drove through a red light. Miss Dewing: Oh, I always hurry through intersections to get out of the v ay of the reckless drivers. Miss Dewing to Enrlish III class: Tomorrow we'll have a spell- ing test. Sybil Spelling test! On what?