She asked the hen where it laid the egg.

At the sound of her voice it simply opened and closed its eyes, but could make no answer.
She then went to the neighbors' house, where she was met by an old woman, who said: "What do you want, young woman ?" Ivan's daughter-in-law replied: "You see, babushka [grandmother], my hen flew into your yard this morning.

Did she not lay an egg there ?" "We did not see any," the old woman replied; "we have our own hens--God be praised!--and they have been laying for this long time.

We hunt only for the eggs our own hens lay, and have no use for the eggs other people's hens lay.

Another thing I want to tell you, young woman: we do not go into other people's yards to look for eggs." Now this speech greatly angered the young woman, and she replied in the same spirit in which she had been spoken to, only using much stronger language and speaking at greater length.
The neighbor replied in the same angry manner, and finally the women began to abuse each other and call vile names.