Henrietta Hen in "Almost Homesick"

Well, Henrietta was astonished. She began to feel as if she were nobody at all. She had supposed that everybody knew of Pleasant Valley—and of Farmer Green, too. As for the remark, "small potatoes," she didn't understand it at all. So she inquired what it meant. "It means," said her neighbor, "that Farmer Green can't be of much account." That speech made Henrietta Hen almost lose her temper. "Mr. Green," she cried, "is a fine man. And I'll have you know that I wouldn't live anywhere but on his farm!"