“She thought she was still just a little hen, perched up very high, near the ceiling. But then she found that she had a trunk and ivory tusks, and four huge feet, and a thick, rough skin in which there were still a few white feathers.”
“The hens roosted on the plate-rack and the ducks enjoyed themselves in the sink. Vulcan, the horse, made a disgusting noise munching the thatched roof of the dairy.”
“Rasmus wasn’t sure whether hens should be wiped out or not, but he finally decided in favor of letting them live. Without hens there wouldn’t be eggs for Sunday breakfast and without eggs on Sunday it would be hard to tell what day it was.”