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Immediately danger threatened the poultry-yard. For a pig has terrible teeth and he doesn't care what he eats he would as soon crunch a little duckling as a carrot. So she had to watch every minute, every second even. For besides, in spite of the vigilance of "Labrie," the faithful watchdog, sometimes rats would suck the blood of the young pigeons.
Labrie came up and sniffed sadly at the body of the unhappy hen. In vain they dried her and rubbed her, nothing did any good. "She's quite dead, alas," said Mother Etienne with tears in her eyes, "but it was my own fault. I ought to have closed down the lattice and this misfortune would not have happened. It really is a great pity such a fine hen. She weighs at least eight pounds.
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