Emerson and Princess Peep
A Yellow Puff of Downy Fluff
Emerson is happy to be staying with Princess Peep. She sings a little song to her:
Little princess, we love you!
And we know just what to do.
You’ll be warm and you’ll be fed,
In the greenhouse, in your bed.
Princess Peep, how we love you.
Pretty soon you’ll love us, too.
In a little bit, Kendall comes back to tell Emerson the incubator is ready. Emerson carefully picks up the tiny little chick and walks her down to the greenhouse. Emerson sets Princess Peep down into the incubator box very gently.
The incubator has a lamp to keep the box warm, a layer of pine shavings on the bottom, and even a thermometer so they can keep track of the temperature. It also has a water dispenser and a little bowl of feed for Princess Peep.
The chick seems happy to have found a nice warm home, and she settles in. The girls watch as her feathers slowly dry, and she becomes fluffy and round. Camille explains she’s just a yellow puff of downy fluff! She peeps, and cheeps, and pecks, and drinks, and hips, and hops. Then she takes a nap, and then will do it all again.
Back at the chicken coop, the girls see that Queen Ruby has come back to her post, and is sitting once again on the other two eggs.