Happen it hed laid on a nest wi' a fause bottom afooar, an' were up to th' trick, but whether or not, aw never see a hen luk mooar disgusted i' mi life when it lukked i' th' nest an' see as it hed hed all that trouble fer nowt.
"It woked reawnd th' nest as if it couldn't believe its own eyes.
"But it dudn't do as aw expected.

Aw expected as it 'ud sit deawn ageean an' lay another.
"But it just gi'e one wonderin' sooart o' chuck, an then, after a long stare reawnd th' hen-coyt, it woked eawt, as mad a hen as aw've ever sin.
Aw fun' eawt after, what th' long stare meant.

It were tekkin' farewell! For if yo'll believe me that hen never laid another egg i' ony o' my nests.
"Varra like it laid away in a spot wheear it could hev summat to luk at when it hed done wark for th' day.
"Sooa aw lost mi best layer through mi actin', an' aw've never invented owt sen.".