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rooster…?”

“Oh。” The color was ing back to her cheeks。 “Is that so?”

“Ive never heard a cock…a…doodle…do; have you?”

She laughed。 “41 blessing I guess Ive forgotten to count。” She sat up a little and took an egg

from my palm。 “Eggs; huh。 How many do you

suppose theyll lay?”

“I have no idea。”

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As it turns out; my hens laid more eggs than we could eat。 At first we tried to keep up; but

soon we were tired of boiling and pickling and deviling;

and my mother started plaining that all these free eggs were costing her way too much。

Then one afternoon as I was collecting eggs; our neighbor Mrs。 Stueby leaned over the side

fence and said; “If you ever have any extra; Id be

happy to buy them from you。”

“Really?” I asked。

“Most certainly。 Nothing quite like free…range eggs。 Two dollars a dozen sound fair to you?”

Two dollars a dozen! I laughed and said; “Sure!”

“Okay; then。 Whenever you have some extras; just bring em over。 Mrs。 Helms and I got to

discussing it last night on the phone; but I asked you

first; so make sure you offer em up to me before her; okay; Juli?”

“Sure thing; Mrs。 Stueby!”

Between Mrs。 Stueby and Mrs。 Helms three doors down; my egg overflow problem was

solved。 And maybe I shouldve turned the money over to

my mother as payment for having destroyed the backyard; but one “Nonsense; Julianna。 Its

yours;” was all it took for me to start squirreling it away。

Then one day as I was walking down to Mrs。 Helms house; Mrs。 Loski drove by。 She waved

and smiled; and I realized with a pang of guilt that I

wasnt being very neighborly about my eggs。 She didnt know that Mrs。 Helms and Mrs。

Stueby were paying me for these eggs。 She probably

thought I was delivering them out of the kindness of my heart。

And maybe I shouldve been giving the eggs away; but Id never had a steady ine before。

Allowance at our house is a hit…or…miss sort of thing。

Usually a miss。 And earning money from my eggs gave me this secret happy feeling; which I

was reluctant to have the kindness of my heart

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