Vivian Bevins

The Yerkle Yerkle Rooster Vivian Bevins

Emily Janette was an entrepreneur. She had an egg business with a large flock of beautiful chickens. They were all shades of brown, black, and white. And some were speckled in shades of white, brown, and black. The hens produced many eggs that Emily Janette took to market.

On a crisp sunny winter day, all was going well. The chickens were out getting exercise and pecking around for bits of gravel, bugs, and worms. When an unexpected snowstorm blew in, it presented a problem for Emily.

All the hens cooperated in solving the problem except one. She was a renegade with an attitude. A hen who had a will of her own. Emily could not get her from the prickly pine, so she lived there until the next spring when the hen solved the problem, bringing a big surprise to Emily. This surprise changed Emily's business.

The result of helping the neighbors make apple butter brought another problem that had to be resolved. When the apple butter making was over, Emily Janette noticed that she had lost a precious, valuable prized possession. The loss brought tears to her eyes. When she finds it, she is overjoyed, but it is very strange where it has been.