The Penguin and the Hen

Grace Watson6th hr CPBeast Fable

The Penguin and the Hen


How peculiar was it to see, that here in California there lived a dear penguin in the tallest tree,
as fat as can be.

How did he last, you all might ask?

He went down every day to swim in the ocean.

It was exercise that was his living potion.

Even though he worked so hard, he stayed plump and full of lard.

He had a friend that he thought was ken.

It was no penguin it was a hen.

The hen, named Len, sat and talked with the penguin, Ben.

They combed there feathers and talked about having chicks.

How did they know they were so different, they even had similar kicks.

So that was how it went, the penguin fell in love with the hen.

One day the hen got lost, and for the hen, Ben sent.

Ben looked and looked all day for Len.

And Len he did not find.

Towards the end of his day of searching, he ran into a snake that was lurching.

"Hiss, Hello," said the snake.

Then Ben's heart rapidly sank, "Hi," said Ben, trying not to descend, to the floor, for Ben was deathly afraid of snakes.

"How doessss your health hold, sssir?" slyly the snake said, as he slithered closer.

"Well, I, I am trying to find my dear friend, Len the hen. Have you heard of her," Ben withered himself to say.

"I have not heard of her till now, but delicious she sounds. I will try to find her I think," the snake slunk down from the tree full of apples and shooted right under a gate.

"Oh no, oh no! What can I do? Now, not only is Len lost, the snake making her his next meal could be the cost!"
Ben ran past the gate and down the next path.

"Hen! Hen!" he shouted, long after he needed a bath.
"Len, Len!" He called, until he was so tired, that on the forest floor he sprawled.

Meanwhile, Len the Hen was so starved she was as skinny as a pen.

She hoped Ben would find her, but until then, she cuddled up in a little den.

Little did she know that this den belonged to a sly snake that waited for her to sin.

Ben came her way, and found her that very day.

His penguin beak smiled, with no teeth.

He could find no food to fight her hunger, so he gave her a leaf.

They knew that the snake would be back soon, so they ran right home, into their tree and next to the loon.

Ben was the happiest penguin he had ever been with Len.

The End.