THE HEN AND THE DUCKLINGS

A hen sat on ten eggs.Two of them were duck eggs . Cluck,cluck, said the hen. I shall have little chicks. I will scratch for them. they will run to me when I cluck. crack ,crack,went the eggs.two baby ducks ran with the chicks .cluck cluck said the hen,Peep peep said the chicks. Scratch,said the hen.we try to scractch,said the chicks.Drink as I do,said the hen.DO not get wet.Peep,peep said the little ducks.We can swim. NO,no,said the hen.YOU will get wet.Chicks do not swim.Ducks swim.We must be ducks,hear us splash. Oh how - Well we swim.LOOK at us.