H.E. Bates, was born
in 1905 at Northampton, in England. The town was surrounded by good farming
areas and Bates, as a boy , knew well the English countryside and the
peasants who lived there. He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second
World War and wrote two novels.
Wire coop: enclosed place shut in with wire netting
Seeded cabbages: cabbages which have been left in the ground too long and have flowered and produced seeds
Laying pullets: young hens that have begun lying eggs
White Leghorns & Rhode Islands: two famous breeds of hen
Gone on: been taken to the house where they were going to live
From the book - Ten short Stories
Edited by Jatin Mohanty
