morning, noon
She was not Sassy yet , however . It was later , when she lost her yellow down and grew a scant coat of white feathers , through which her skin showed in pimpled , pinkish spots , that she displayed the characteristics that christened her , and , by her precocity and brazenness , distinguished herself from among her leghorn brothers and sisters . At this period of her life , a pullet in both months and experience , she should have conducted herself with becoming modesty . Instead , she developed a habit of taking her meals , morning , noon , and night , from the kitchen table , to which the little girl did not usually go until long after the big brothers had finished and withdrawn . Sassy made her entrance either by way of the hall or through the window nearest the stove . Once inside , she hopped to a bench , and thence to the oil-cloth . Her progress from one end of the board to the other was always attended by serious damage to the butter , of which she was inordinately fond .