[In this tale the notes of the Cock and Hen must be imitated.]

Hen – "You promise me shoes year after year, year after year, and yet I get no shoes!"

Cock – "You shall have them, never fear! Henny penny!"

Hen – "I lay egg after egg, egg after egg, and yet I go about barefoot!"

Cock – Well, take your eggs, and be off to the tryst, and buy yourself shoes, and don't go any longer barefoot!"