The Cock and the Hen | 公鸡与母鸡

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HEN: "You promise me shoes year after year, year after year, and yet I get no shoes!"

COCK: "You shall have them, never fear! Henny penny!"

HEN: "I lay egg after egg, egg after egg, and yet I go about barefoot!"

COCK: "Well, take your eggs, and be off to the tryst, and buy yourself shoes, and don't go barefoot any longer!"

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