Once upon a time, there was a
named Pumpkin. She is not a very
hen, and she likes to
and
.
Pumpkin
her flock, and when there are new members, she always
to them and makes sure everyone else is
to them as well. And she also screams,
in a very loud cackling voice to all the newcomers! The new members always find it
when she does this to welcome them.
When Pumpkin is
, she waits by the coop door until the humans give her
. Then, she eats it as fast as she can before anyone else gets there!
On some days, Pumpkin can be very
. Sometimes it even makes her flock members want to
. But nevertheless,
little Pumpkin is always
.
But one day, when Pumpkin went into her nest to lay an egg, she wasn't feeling like her same old
self. She felt
and
towards everyone who came near her nest. She felt a strange attachment to the nest and didn't want to leave it. The other chickens were
because of how Pumpkin was acting. It was not like her at all to be
and
towards other chickens. But they had seen it too many times before...It wasn't that poor Pumpkin was suddenly being
to everyone for no reason, but it was because she was broody! All the chickens
when they heard this. And they also were
that this phase Pumpkin was going through would end soon, so the same old
Pumpkin would come back!
Sure enough, Pumpkin laid a few eggs and she sat on them and kept them warm. She occasionally got up to
very quickly when she was
, and she
anyone who came near her nest.
After a long 21 days, Pumpkin heard a soft peeping sound beneath her. She looked and saw a
! She was so
and she clucked with joy, saying
to the new
. Soon after that, a second
hatched beneath her! She was just as
about it as the first one.
The third one, however, took longer before it hatched. At first, Pumpkin was
because she thought that maybe the third
didn't make it. But finally, the third
hatched and Pumpkin was so
and
.
Pumpkin was a great mother
and she took great care of her chicks. Her flock members were very
to see the same old
Pumpkin back, once the broody phase passed. And they all lived
ever after.
The End!