The Chicken

        Sarah lived on a small farm in Ohio in 1959. She was nine years old, had brown hair and green eyes. Her mother raised chickens to eat and would sell the eggs. One day Sarah's mother gave Sarah her very own chicken to raise. Sarah named the chicken Maryanne.         Sarah couldn't wait for Maryanne to start laying eggs because Sarah wanted to sell the eggs and buy a necklace that she had been wanting for just …

…found Maryanne's nest near the feedbag.         Sarah's dad bought the baby chicks from her and Sarah rushed down to the store and bought the necklace that she had been wanting for over a year. Maryanne was allowed to raise her chicks and she didn't get cooked. Sarah's father found the hole in the fence that Maryanne had been escaping through and patched it up. Maryanne ended up being the best egg layer on the farm.