The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

LEGEND

A LITTLE BOY WHOSE MOTHER WAS SICK DECIDED TO SELL A PET HEN. ON THE
WAY HE WAS STOPPED, ROBBED AND BEATEN. THE HEN CACKLED, BIT AND
STRUGGLED UNTIL SHE FINALLY ESCAPED. SHE THEN RETURNED TO HER
UNCONSCIOUS MASTER. THEN SHE WENT AND MADE SO MUCH NOISE THAT SHE
ATTRACTED ATTENTION. PEOPLE CAME TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, FOUND
THE BOY AND SAVED HIS LIFE.

Submitter comment: A GIRL FROM SANTO DOMINGO TELLS THIS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-01-1967