Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Knit, click, knit, click, knit, click. Knit, click, knit, click, knit, click. Dirt paid careful attention to her knitting needles, counting the stitches as she went. She gave the yarn a big tug, and Sugar's yellow head appeared from inside the rolling ball of rainbow yarn. "What are you doing in my yarn??" asked Dirt, annoyed. "It's my new sweater–sleeping bag. I call it a sweating bag." "I'm using that yarn to knit everyone a scarf for the cooler weather," said Dirt, giving the ball another pull. "I don't think it should smell like chicken sweat!"

"Look, kid, at the end of the day, we all smell like chicken sweat. Besides, why do all that work?" asked Sugar, climbing out of the ball. "It's perfect the way it is! Just toss everyone a ball of wool and call it a day." "Sugar's right," said Sweetie, her head appearing out of the top of a ball of rainbow- colored yarn. "They're kind of perfect just the way they are." Sweetie tipped backward and rolled down the ramp of the chicken coop. "Sweetie!" yelled Poppy, running after his sister.

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When Sweetie rolled to a stop, she found herself under the muddy sneaker of Anna McClanahanahan and looking straight up into her nostrils. "Um, Anna, you've got a few... uh... bats in the cave," she said shyly. "Huh?" asked Anna, looking down at her. "Cars in the garage?" tried Poppy, now standing next to his yarn ball of a sister. Anna's face was still blank. "Ahem, you have visible mucus in your nostrils," explained Poppy. "Why didn't you just say so?" asked Anna. "I was trying to be polite!" said Sweetie, ducking her head back into her cozy rainbow ball. "I need your help," Anna declared as she cleared her nostrils. "You're gonna have to handle those yourself," said Sugar as she walked down the ramp with Dirt right behind her. "Bat removal is a highly personal situation."

"But I really do need your help, little chickens" said Anna., "It's a little early in the morning to get lost," said Sugar, "but if you walk out the gate that you came in and turn left, your house is exactly two doors down. Case closed." "I'm not lost!" replied Anna, sniffling. "My hams—WAAAHHHHHH!" Anna burst into tears. Sugar tossed her the entire ball of rainbow-colored yarn with Sweetie still inside of it.

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