There was once a pretty chicken;
But his friends were very few, For he thought that there was nothing in the world but what he knew: So he always, in the farmyard , Had a very forward way, Telling all the hens and turkeys What they ought to do and say. "Mrs. Goose," he said, I wonder that your goslings you should let Go out paddling in the water; It will kill them to get wet. I wish, my old Aunt Dorking, He began to her, one day, "That you wouldn't sit all summer In your nest upon the hay. Won't you come out to the meadow, Where the grass with seeds is filled?" "If I should," said Mrs. Dorking, "Then my eggs would all get chilled. "No, they won't," replied the chicken, "And no matter if they do; Eggs are really good for nothing; What's an egg to me or you? "What's an egg!" said Mrs. Dorking,