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ried about。”
An A? Being responsible for the death of a baby chick—that's what I was worried about。
Suddenly there was real appeal in building a volcano or
making my own neoprene or demonstrating the various scientific applications of gear ratios。
But the ball was in motion; and Mrs。 Brubeck would have no more discussion about it。 She
pulled The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens
from her bookshelf and said; “Read the section on artificial incubation and set yourself up
tonight。 I'll get you an egg tomorrow。”
“But …”
“Don't worry so much; Juli;” she said。 “We do this every year; and it's always one of the best
projects at the fair。”
I said; “But…;” but she was gone。 Off to put an end to some other student's battle with
indecision。
That night I was more worried than ever。 I'd read the chapter on incubation at least four times
and was still confused about where to start。 I didn't
happen to have an old aquarium lying around! We didn't happen to have an incubation
thermometer! Would a deep…fry model work?
I was supposed to control humidity; too; or horrible things would happen to the chick。 Too dry
and the chick couldn't peck out; too wet and it would
die of mushy chick disease。 Mushy chick disease?!
My mother; being the sensible person that she is; told me to tell Mrs。 Brubeck that I simply
wouldn't be hatching a chick。 “Have you co