She cried two days in school and nobody laughed at her , not even Dan Reese . And all her chums went to the kitten 's funeral and helped her bury it -- only they could n't bury its poor little paws with it , because they could n't find them . It was a horrid thing to have happen , of course , but I do n't think it was as dreadful as seeing your pet EATEN UP . Yet everybody laughs at ME . '' `` I think it is because the name ` rooster ' seems rather a funny one , '' said Rosemary gravely . `` There IS something in it that is comical . Now , ` chicken ' is different . It does n't sound so funny to talk of loving a chicken . '' `` Adam was the dearest little chicken , Miss West . He was just a little golden ball . He would run up to me and peck out of my hand . And he was handsome when he grew up , too -- white as snow , with such a beautiful curving white tail , though Mary Vance said it was too short . He knew his name and always came when I called him -- he was a very intelligent rooster . And Aunt Martha had no right to kill him . He was mine . It was n't fair , was it , Miss West ? '' `` No , it was n't , '' said Rosemary decidedly . `` Not a bit fair . I remember I had a pet hen when I was a little girl . She was such a pretty little thing -- all golden brown and speckly .
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