She watched this for a time.
She went a few paces past the corner, came in sight of the run containing the giant chicks and stopped again.

"Ah!" she said, and shook her head slowly at the sight of them.

They were at that time about the height of emus, but of course much thicker in the body--a larger thing altogether.

They were all hens and five all told, now that the two cockerels had killed each other.

She hesitated at their drooping attitudes.