Operation Hen Haven

 

Clara leads the sisters to safety… and something even bigger: hope.

Operation Hen Haven

By The Blogger's Attic

Chapter 2

They thought escaping the humans was the hard part.

Turns out, freedom came with fangs.

The Cluck Sisters hadn’t even made it past the neighbor’s compost pile before a mutt named Clancy came charging at them like a fluffy wrecking ball. Clara squawked orders like her tail feathers were on fire.

“Scatter! Formation S! For survival!”

They bolted—sort of. Hattie tripped over her own feet. Maud got stuck in a milk crate. Fern leapt into a flower pot and refused to come out.

They survived. Barely. But night fell heavy and cold. With no coop, no corn, and no familiar routines, Clara stared up at the stars and wondered, Was this really the better life?

The next day, the threats multiplied. A smug orange tabby stalked them from a fence. A garter snake slithered underfoot. A blue jay dive-bombed Maud for reasons unknown.

“We need shelter,” Clara declared. “A base of operations. A new home.”

That’s when they saw it: a crooked little garden shed, tucked at the edge of the woods. Abandoned. Lopsided. Slightly spooky. But solid.

They approached cautiously.

“What if there’s something in there?” whispered Hattie.

“There’s something out here,” replied Clara. “Pick your danger.”

Inside, they found dust, leaves, a spider named Gwen (who was surprisingly friendly), and—miraculously—an old nest of hay and straw in one corner.

It was perfect. Or as close to perfect as a gang of runaway hens could hope for.

Fern nailed a piece of bark over a hole in the wall. Maud hung an acorn cap like a chandelier. Hattie painted “Hen Haven” on the outside using her beak and some mystery berry juice.

Clara stood in the doorway, chest puffed, surveying the land.

“This is it,” she whispered. “A place to rest. A place to plan.”

Because Clara knew this was only the beginning.

There were more threats ahead.

But there were also more chickens out there—still stuck in their coops, laying eggs under watchful eyes, dreaming of freedom.

And if Clara had anything to say about it…

Hen Haven would be the first of many.

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