Henrietta and the Golden Eggs Quotes

“Even when her three thousand, three hundred thirty-three fellow inmates in the old hen house laugh at her ambitions, Henrietta holds fast, practicing day and night.

“And while she’s honing her talents, she’s also getting ready to move on to the bigger, brighter world she can see through the tiny hole in the hen house wall.”

“However, one young chicken has her sights set on a different kind of life. Little Henrietta announces that she is going to learn to sing and lay golden eggs.”

“Henrietta knows her limitations, but doesn’t let them destroy her ambitions, any more than she lets the hen house walls keep her a prisoner.”

“Henrietta herself is a spunky, likeable young bird. The pen and ink line drawings by illustrator Kathi Bhend are divine and she brings the words to life in a very appealing way.”

“And she’s not above causing a little havoc along the way ― once the other three thousand, three hundred thirty-three chickens find her escape route, chaos reigns in the barnyard, by the pond, and among the wheat fields.”

“Whether Henrietta achieves her dreams is left open, but through her persistence and her resolute belief in herself, she does manage to change the lives of everyone in the hen house for the better.”

“She lays a brown egg and the other chickens say ‘look that egg isn’t golden after all’ and Henrietta says ‘did you really believe a chicken could lay golden.”

“Henrietta has big dreams for a little chicken: learning to sing, to swim, to fly, and, most important of all, to lay golden eggs.”

“Our heroine is no fool; she knows her limitations, but doesn’t let them destroy her ambitions, any more than she lets the hen house walls keep her a prisoner.”

“How different everything was outside the chicken house! There was fresh air everywhere and it didn’t smell of chicken droppings or fortified chicken feed anywhere. When Henrietta had gotten accustomed to the brightness, she saw that things outside were not only green but blue as well.”

“Whether Henrietta achieves her dreams is debatable, but through her persistence and her resolute belief in herself, she does manage to change the lives of everyone in the hen house for the better.”