Copyright©2011
By: Jeanneé Marie Koterass
The
Adventures of Billy De Chicken & the Wolf
(Later changed to The Adventures of Billy Chicken Toes & the Wolf)
(Later changed to The Adventures of Billy Chicken Toes & the Wolf)
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Chapter 1.
The Adventure Starts
It
was a quiet day on the Jones farm. The sky was blue with a few billowy clouds.
The peacefulness
was broken by the sound of chickens squawking and flapping
their wings. Billy and his brothers and
sisters got rushed out of the hen house
by their mother. Hay and feathers were flying everywhere.
“You
chicks stay close!” Mother Hen squawked. “The eggs are hatching, and I can’t be
worrying
about all of you.”
Billy
didn’t hear the warning, because he was running away. He saw the green grass
behind the old gray and white farmhouse and wanted to explore.
His
brothers, Lenny and Denny, called him. “Billy, where are you?”
Billy
ran past an old wooden swing hanging from a large maple tree. He looked back at
his brothers and fell into a rabbit hole. He tumbled and slid down the hole. He
got up but couldn’t see much. It was dark. He caught a whiff of something, a
smell of the unknown, and it scared him.
and
slammed into a sleeping dog. The startled dog opened his yellow eyes.
“Well,
hello there, little guy. My name is Rupert,” said the dog. “I was just waiting
for my rabbit friend, Fluffy,” he added with a grin. “Who are you?”
“I’m
Billy,” he said as he looked at Rupert, just missing the grin on his face.
“How
did you get here?” Rupert asked as he sniffed Billy’s little head.
“Where
do you live?”
“I
don’t know. My momma kicked us out of the hen house.”
Rupert
pawed at the ground. “Now why did she do that?”
“Eggs
were hatching. It was crowded. We had to go outside.”
“There
must be lots of chickens on the farm again,” Rupert said as he tilted his head.
“Why don’t you know where you live?”
“I
fell into the hole, and now I’m lost.”
“There’s
a farm just on the other side of the meadow. I bet that’s where you live.”
Rupert looked into the distance. “I’ll show you how to get there.”
While
they walked across the field, Rupert said, “Don’t tell anyone I brought you
home.”
“Why
not?”
“Hannah,
the farm dog, doesn’t like me. I had her job when she was a pup. She may not
like that we’re friends.”
He
took Billy to the edge of the meadow. “I’m going to leave you now. Have a good
night. I’ll see you soon.” Rupert licked his lips as Billy walked away from him
and into the barnyard.
“Momma,
Momma, come quick, Billy’s back!” Denny yelled and ran to him. Mother Hen flew
out
of the coup with relief.
The End of Chapter 1.
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