the hen

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His mother could not be angry with Jack for long when she saw the golden eggs that the hen could lay.
杰克的妈妈没有生太长时间的气，因为她看到母鸡下出了金蛋。
It might make a larger omelette but a bigger egg isn't necessarily a better one —and it certainly doesn't make the hen that laid it very happy.
用一个大鸡蛋做的煎蛋卷也许更大，但大鸡蛋并不一定比小鸡蛋更好——产下大个鸡蛋的母鸡肯定闷闷不乐。
Jack and his mother had all the money they could ever want thanks to the hen and Jack was never bored as he loved to listen to the magical harp.
感谢那只母鸡，杰克和母亲有了多得想不到的钱。而且自从喜欢上听竖琴的魔法音乐以后，杰克再也没有无聊过。

Once again the hen walked down the main street,cackling foolishly.
To the broody hen, the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of eggs was not utterly fascinating and precious and never to be too-much-sat-upon object which it is to her.
对母鸡来说，这个概念可能看起来荒谬,世界上有一种生物,对一窝鸡蛋,着迷，觉得弥足珍贵,对她而言，永远不觉得,孵蛋时间太长。
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And the guys said, "Well, you know, The rooster works very hard " The rooster has sex dozens of times a day" " And she said, "Well, be sure to tell that to the president" The story goes, the president went around, the guy tells the story to the president The president asks the man, "Huh Has sex dozens of times each day ?" Same hen every time?"
那人回答说，“那只公鸡很卖力的,每天交配好几十次“,她就说“确保把这告诉总统“,然后总统走过来，那人也跟总统说了这事,总统问他,“每天交配几十次,是和同一只母鸡吗“
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Others might say it's a bit like shutting the coop door after the hen has scarpered.
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