Haunted House 18 - In the Henhouse

[aldersprig]

First: A story featuring a male keeper and a female Kept.
Previous: The Yard

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Mélanie froze. Oh, dear wasn’t the sort of phrase that normally led to angry owners, but there had been that one...

That had been a long time ago.  And that was not Jasper. “Oh dear, sir?” she breathed, as quietly as she could and still hope to be heard.

“Be careful, Mélanie, but come around to the side of me, if you wish.  Just be ready to duck.... ha.”

Those were not particularly calming instructions, but Mélanie did as she was told, of course, slipping to one side of Jasper to look at the chicken pen.  Hutch? No, the little building to the right was the hutch. But she didn’t know what the pen was called.

Whatever its name, the pen was one of the tidiest parts of the whole yard - nice, big, several roosting places, a mesh roof overhead.  Which made the thing sitting in the middle of the pen even more confusing.

read on…

Comments

[sauergeek]

The duck lays green eggs. Green eggs. Green eggs and ham? They'd need a pig for that.

I'm pleased to see that Jasper isn't turning into a management platitude factory; the unexpected giant duck (and Unexpected Duck should be a comedy band name) seems to have turned him back into a person.

Yay Mélanie getting another pleasant surprise! I suspect the house won't eat her any time soon; it seems to like her, and she's just made another part of it pretty. Still, I'd like to figure out more about exactly what the house is.

[clare_dragonfly]

Aww, Mélanie. I'm glad she's getting enough confidence to understand that Jasper probably means no harm when he says no harm! Yay for a pretty decorated chicken run!