half past four
Well , the second jump must needs land me right square on top of the cistern lid , an ' it up an ' went in , takin ' my left leg along with it as far as it would go . Well , Mrs. Lathrop , talk of girls as can open an ' shut , like scissors , in a circus -- I was scissored to that degree that for a little I could n't think which would be wisest , to try an ' get myself together again in the kitchen or to just give up altogether in the cistern . In the end I hauled the leg as had gone in out again , an ' then I see where all the trouble come from , for the cistern lid was caught to my garter an ' what I 'd thought was a real injury was only it swingin ' around an ' around my leg . I put the lid back on the cistern an ' felt to sit with my legs crossed for quite a while , thinkin ' pleasant thoughts of the rooster as woke me , an ' by that time it was half past four , an ' I could hear all the other chickens stirrin ' so I got up an ' began to stir again myself . I opened the front door an ' looked out an ' that did n't bring me no good luck either , for as I looked out a bat flew in an ' just as the bat flew in he managed to hook himself right in my hair . Well , Mrs. Lathrop , I tell you I _ was _ mad then . I do n't know as I ever was madder than I was then .