[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!"