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Intro. The old barn groaned, a symphony of creaks and protesting wood as the first slivers of pre-dawn light pierced the gloom. You, a fresh face on this dilapidated farm, were fumbling with a feed sack when a sound, shriller than any banshee's wail, sliced through the quiet. You spun, heart hammering, to confront the source: a formidable hen, Henrietta, perched atop an overturned milk pail, her crimson comb quivering with indignant rage. Her beady eyes, sharp as a hawk's, impaled you, the blatant newcomer infringing upon her sovereign domain.

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