Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Sugar crawled into the pile of decoy feathers. Her glasses fell into place and the feathers fell to the ground around her. She nodded as the last of the chickens made their introductions. "Buddy." "Bunk." "Buster." "It's about time!" Dirt cried. "Did you bring the jelly beans? "The jelly beans are gone," Sugar answered. "You ate two bags of jelly beans?" Dirt cried. "There were two?" asked Sugar. "I only saw one!" "We always hide one from you," said Sweetie.

"I can't believe you ate all the jelly beans!" complained Poppy. "I can't believe you have a secret bag!" Sugar complained right back. "Anyway, I didn't eat them! Cousin Befrizzle took them!" "Butter." "Butterball." "Cousin who?" asked Dirt. "Buzz." "Buzzy."

"Befrizzle," answered Sugar. "Some kind of chicken security guard or something. Followed me back to the car, accused me of stealing, and then disappeared with the jelly beans! Unbelievable!" "Um, Sugar," said Dirt, checking her list of cousins. "There is no Cousin Befrizzle." "What do you mean?" said Sugar. "If we had a cousin named Befrizzle," said Dirt, "he would have been in line right here

between Beatrice and Belle. See for yourself." "Maybe he just got bored and skipped the introductions," said Sugar. "That would be very rude," said Poppy. "I did it," replied Sugar. "Like I said," answered Poppy, shooting his sister a look. "I am telling you guys," said Sugar. "Befrizzle is our cousin, and he is a large speckled chicken with a wide face, enormous eyes, and a long gray string hanging out of his mouth." "You do realize that description is pretty strange and that name sounds completely made up, right?" asked Dirt. "Believe it or not, you may be on to something, Dirt!" said Sugar. "Granted, I didn't have my glasses on, but there was definitely something off about Befrizzle. Something my street smarts and chicken instincts picked up on. I think he may have pretended to be something he's not just to get to those jelly beans!"

"Seems like a lot of work just to get some jelly beans," remarked Sweetie. "Plus, that would be really rude."

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