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mischief also; for, in her hunt for something good to eat, she strayed into the sheep-shed, and finding some salt, ate as much as she liked, not knowing that salt is bad for hens. Having taken all she wanted, she ran back to the barn, and was innocently catching gnats when her mamma came out of the hay-mow with a loud 'Cut-cut-cut-ca-dar-cut!'
'Where is Peep?' asked Mrs. Cluck.
'Don't know, ma. She'—there Peck stopped suddenly, rolled up her eyes, and began to stagger about as if she was tipsy.
'Mercy on us! What's the matter with the chick?' cried Mrs. Cluck, in great alarm.
'Fits, ma'am,' answered Doctor Drake, who just then waddled by.
'Oh! what can I do?' screamed the distracted hen.
'Nothing, ma'am; it's fatal.' And the doctor
