Whitney woke up as soon as the sun was coming over the horizon. She got dressed and hurried out to the barn. The momma hen had laid eggs recently and she could not wait to see if the baby chicks had been born yet.1
She quietly snuck out of the house and did not even wake up Penguin, the little kitty was so tired for all the excitement of the last few days.2
Out of the house she went and walked over to the barn. She heard a noise coming from the chicken coop and ran over thinking the momma chicken was excited to see her babies coming out of their shells. When she got there and closed the door to the coop she froze in her tracks.3
There in the corner of the pen was a wolf. He was mean looking and started to growl at Whitney. She backed herself into the corner of the coop and said "Mr. Wolf please do not hurt us". The wolf growled and started creeping towards Whitney. The momma hen ran back to cover the eggs and protect them. The wolf was no longer int rested in the chicken or her eggs. Whitney began to cry. She knew the wolf was going to hurt her.4
Suddenly the door to the coop was opened and Whitney heard a louder growl. A big hairy hand reached in and grabbed the wolf by the neck. Whitney heard a mean voice say "Mr. Wolf you will leave my friends alone". Whitney saw the wolf dropped to the ground and run away yelping like a scared puppy. Slowly she crawled out of the coop and saw Mr. Troll. "Oh thank you Mr. Troll, you saved my life" and she gave him a big hug. 5
While Whitney was hugging Mr. Troll they heard the momma hen getting excited again. Whitney looked inside to see all of her eggs beginning to move.6
Mr. Troll and Whitney sat outside the pen to watch as each of the baby chicks pecked their way out of their shells. It was so beautiful to see the baby's being born.7
"Whitney! What in the world are you doing now young lady" shouted her mommy. "Mommy the baby chicks are here" Whitney called back. her mommy came over to watch with her.8
"Mommy this is Mr. Troll" said Whitney who turned around to see that her big friend had left again. "Oh Whitney you and are still talking to that troll" her mommy laughed at her and said "come on lets get you some breakfast". Mommy picked her little daughter up and carrying her to the house. "After breakfast can I come back out and name the baby's mommy" asked Whitney. "Of course you can honey, after all you have already named every animal on the ranch" laughed mommy.9
