Penny sat writing her daily entry for the farm accounting records. It wasn't a glamorous job, but better than roasting outside with the others. The hardest part wasn't even the work itself; it was the complaints she inevitably received.
Penny worked diligently, but the problem was her penmanship was atrocious. Every day Farmer Pat's wife, Virginia, yelled at Penny for her illegible accounting. When she complained to her husband, Farmer Pat insisted that a new accountant would be too expensive; the only cost for Penny was to feed and house her. Virginia argued that it was impossible to decipher Penny's chicken scratch, and rightfully so. Penny could understand that, but she couldn't understand why they would expect anything more from her. She was a chicken after all.
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