One morning on the farm, Henrietta the hen lays her very first egg. Henrietta doesn't realise how special her egg is, so when crafty Red Fox offers to trade it

After Hen entrusts Fox with the egg she has just laid and goes off fishing because there is no food in the house, she returns to find an empty egg shell.

"Hattie the Hen spots the danger--but no none seems to care!"--Pg 4 of cover.

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