The Egg and I Page #4

- Fish?

You've been seeing too many

Westerns. Hiya, fellas.

- How!

- Betty, look at these crabs.

- Get a load of the size.

- Are we gonna raise them too?

We'll take a dozen. Just put 'em on

the back porch. Give a hand, will you, Tom?

- Say, who's Tom?

- He's Pa Kettle's boy. He's gonna work for us.

- Hope he doesn't take after his father.

- So far, he hasn't borrowed a thing.

I've been looking at the egg charts. Have

you been collecting the eggs regularly?

- Well, not exactly. They won't let me.

- They won't let you?

No, anyway it seems kind of cruel

to break up the family so early.

It's no joke. Those eggs have to be

collected regularly.

Couldn't I do

something else instead?

There's nothing difficult about it.

A child can do it.

- They look at me so hurt. I haven't got the heart.

- That's ridiculous.

Here I'll show you.

They don't act like that

when I do it.

Let's see you do it.

There! Now you see?

- That's funny.

- They don't like me.

Maybe you have the wrong attitude.

Chickens sense things in people.

Frankly, I think they're

stuck on you and resent me.

Maybe I better collect the eggs.

You do something else.

- Have you fed Cleopatra?

- No, I was just going to.

- She'll never get fat if you don't feed her.

- She's as fat as a pig now.

Okay, toots,

come and get it.

No, you don't! You come right back here

this minute!

Cleopatra,

do you hear me?

You get right back in this pen before

I do something you'll be very sorry for.

Do you hear me?

All right,

you asked for it. Come on.

Come on now. Get back in here.

Do you hear... Oh!

Come back here.

Cleopatra!

Cleopatra, come back here!

Having any difficulty?

Maybe I can help.

Here, pig, pig, pig!

Come on, pig, pig, pig.

Piggy, piggy, piggy.

Here, pig.

Well, that's the idea.

You certainly have a way with pigs.

Hello. I'm Harriet Putnam,

Bella Vista Farm.

- Oh, you have the fancy place down the road.

- That's right.

- This is my wife, Betty. Come on, honey.

- We've met already.

You're going to have a lovely place here

once you get it fixed up.

- It has loads of possibilities.

- Still needs a lot of work.

- Mind if I look around?

- Not at all. I'll show you around.

We've only just started

to get it in shape.

It's going to be so nice having

real people around for a change.

You better get cleaned up. That isn't

exactly perfume you're covered with.

Oh!

- How charming we look today, madam.

- We look nothing of the sort.

- Who are you?

- Best friend the farmer's wife ever had. Smiling Billy Reed.

"Whatever you need,

see Billy Reed. " That's me.

Right now I don't need anything except

a bath. Will you get out of my way...

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