Stupid hen? Think again!

[Introducing you to Aude, mistress of the peep (coop) with me still holding onto an aversion to chickens...] Aude lived in Paris, but kept a husband and poulet in her apartment. I wondered who she loved best – she adored ‘her hens’. Longtime friend of Marthe, diminutive in size but with a largesse of a heart, she was unperturbed by her friend’s regular berating. Nothing ruffled her feathers unless…