Gracie and the Chickens at the Gaines Farm
Gracie and her brother Hugh care for newly hatched chicks on the Gaines farm. Gracie learns pip mating while Puritan Plym, a Plymouth Rock chick, explores danger, escapes the coop, and falls into a trough. Gracie rescues him, warming him by the kitchen stove after a near drowning accident.
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RS. Gaines
Gracie
Hugh
Mrs. Gaines
Plymouth Rock
Puritan Plum
Puritan Plym
Mrs. Hen
Plym
Puritan Plum Learns Warmth Can Be Harmful
In a household scene Gracie hides Puritan Plum in a warm oven to keep him safe from a hungry cat. A ride with Hugh delays discovery as smoke rises from the kitchen. Puritan Plum escapes the bake and flees to his mother, vowing never to repeat the danger.
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Gracie
Hugh
Peacockas Tales In A Sunday Morning Family Scene
In a household preparing for church, Aunt Jinsey scolds Patricia and America the junior nurse, while Patricia defends her sister and resists harsh dressing room remarks. Aunt Jinsey softens, promises to explain the foolish peacock behavior before church.
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MT Jinsey
Randolph
Aunt Jinsey
America
Patricia
Patty
Samma
Jinsey
Pate
Lawzy
Chillen
When Jinny Learned to Speak in a Broadlands Tale
Americas animal stories amuse the Broadlands children as they recount a donkey named Jinny who finally finds her voice. The elder Man and Woman, wary of change, witness Jinny’s transformation from silent laborer to scandalous brayer with the town’s reactions and the children’s laughter.
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Patricia Randolph
Pate
Jinny
Isabel
Pata
America
Broadlands
Randolphs
The Young Peacock Learns to Wait for Beauty
Aunt Jinsey recalls a tale of a young peacock who lusts for a grand tail and quick fame. Mammy Peacock counsels patience, urging the bird to work and grow to become his best self. The fable ends with a lesson that true beauty comes with time and effort.
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Jinsey
Mammy Peacock
Patty
Puffeck
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Via
Gracie and the Chickens
Vain Little Patty
Mario Pate
Rocal
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