Farmer Hans rubbed his eyes. Was he seeing that right? Everywhere, as far as he could see, he saw strange white objects on his farmland. When he checked a few days ago, everything was fine. When he got closer, he realized the white objects were in fact hundreds of eggs.
Not much later, he heard a strange, but familiar noise...
Hans could not believe his eyes and immediately drove back to his home to wake up his wife, Bonny, and his two daughters, Mary and Giselle. They all rushed outside together, and all of the girls were stunned by what they saw. With tears in her eyes, Bonny said to her husband: "Is this what I think it is?"
The field was dead, and the corn was gone. Instead, there were eggs scattered all over the place. It looked like they were almost ready to hatch, but Hans got up on his tractor and was about to destroy them all when his girls intervened.
They jumped in front of the tractor and refused to move. They didn’t understand how their father could be so heartless and destroy a living thing like that. To calm down his girls, Hans suggested something else that completely shocked them.
But what suggested Hans? And why did he burst into tears when they finally hatched?
A farmer's life is full of routines. They wake up before the sun rises and start their work. Their days are filled with hard labor. But it is also very rewarding. Being a farmer had always been Hans’ dream, and now that he had made it a reality, nothing could go wrong. Or so he thought.
Hans has two daughters, Mary and Giselle, with his wife, Bonny. They live on a farm where they grow vegetables, like corn, and herd sheep. It is a simple life, and it isn’t often that something out of the ordinary happens. So you can imagine the shock on Hans’s face when he woke up this morning.
Hans woke up as normal and put on his overalls. He always lets his wife sleep in a little longer than he does. He made breakfast for the family, so they could eat as soon as they woke up. And was about to go feed his animals when Hans got interrupted by something strange.
As Hans stood in the kitchen, he heard a strange noise coming from outside. It was still dark, so he couldn’t see where it came from, but he had never heard anything like it before. It gave him a strange feeling. He stood in the kitchen, listening to the sound, when something terrified him.
It was his wife, Bonny. She sneaked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. This scared Hans half to death, and he let out a little high-pitched scream. They laughed about it, but Hans wasn’t happy. He was about to go outside to see what that noise was, but now it was gone.
All of a sudden, his two daughters ran downstairs as well and frantically looked around them. “Where is mom? Is she alright? We heard her scream!” his girls yelled. Hans looked at his wife, and they smiled. It seemed like it was about to be a normal day, but they didn’t know what was happening outside.
When everyone finished their breakfast, it was finally time for Hans to step outside and feed his animals. He had his buckets of food ready and walked to the chicken coop. His chickens acted differently than usual. They rand around the coop, and it seemed like they were scared of something. But what?
Hans then noticed something else. One chicken was missing from the coop. Where could he be? He walked around the cage but stopped when he saw a little pile of feathers lying still on the ground. “Oh no…” he thought. This can't be good...
Hans knew exactly what this meant. He ran inside to get a towel and a box and put the deceased chicken in there. How could it have died so suddenly? There was nothing wrong with this chicken yesterday. And how did it get out of its coop?
He continued his round and walked to the pigs. They were louder than usual. “What is going on here?” Hans thought to himself. He fed the pigs, and they were quiet again for a brief minute. But Hans knew there was something strange going on. And he would soon find out what it is...
Then, suddenly, he heard that strange sound again. He listened carefully but couldn’t place where it came from. It couldn’t be far because he could hear it clearly. It wasn't like something he had ever heard before. It almost sounded animal-like, but what kind of animal could it be?