SPECKLED HEN
There lived an old man and his wife. And a speckled hen resided by their side.
The hen one day laid an egg, not ordinary egg but golden it was.
Tap-tap! – the old man tried, but the egg wouldnt crack.
Tap-tap! – the old woman tried, but the egg wouldnt crack.
Out ran a little mouse waving its tail,…
…down fell the egg and was cracked.
Tears were shed by the old man and his wife. - Dont cry! – said the speckled hen. – Ill lay another egg for you, not golden, just ordinary it will be.
Where is the old man? Where is the old woman?
Where is the speckled hen? Where is a mouse? Where is the golden egg?
Who cracked the egg?