Once upon a time a plump old woman name Tante Adela lived in French Canada. She lived all alone with her big grey cat and the cows in her barn.
One morning shegot up very early as it baking day and there was much to do. She took a load of wood outside to her oven.
“Now why would oven door be open?” she said. She poked a stick inside to see that no leaves or twigs had blown in. But the stick would not go far – something was in there!
The old woman bent over to look in. When she saw what she saw, Tante Adela slammed the oven door shut. She ran out of her yard and down the road as fast as she could.
When she saw what she saw, Tante Adela slammed the oven door shut.
At Felix Bell’s farm, she saw the neighbor drawing a bucket of water from the well.
“Felix, Felix!” she called out. “Come quick! There is a skunk in my oven!”
“Are you sure?” said Felix. “Maybe it is your cat.”
“Of course I am sure!” said Tante Adela. “Does my cat have a white stripe down his back?”
“I will come as soon as I draw this bucket of water,” said Felix.
Tante Adela turned and dashed back to the road. She headed for the next farm, the farm of Louis Ross. After all, three heads are better than two.
“Of course I am sure!” said Tante Adela. “Does my cat have a white stripe down its back?”
“Louis, Louis!” she cried, out of breath. “Come right away! There is a skunk in my oven.”
“A skunk?” said Louis. “Are you sure it is not a scrap of old fur coat you may have thrown away by mistake?”
“Why would I throw away a fur coat?” said Tante Adela. “Am I the kind of person who would do that?”
“You have a point,” said Louis Ross. “I will come over as soon as I have finished feeding the chickens.”
The old woman turned to the road and limped to the farm of Samuel Roy.
“Samuel, Samuel!”
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