I’m trying to find a book that I read as a child.  This was in the 50 ish years ago.  I can not remember the title.
The book has a farmer and his wife and their chickens.  The farmer goes to get eggs from the chickens and yells at them “LAY ME SOME EGGS”  I think he does this several times and gets louder and madder.  He does not get any eggs.  The farmers wife goes out to the hen house and talks softly to the hens and gets eggs.  I know that’s not a lot to go on but it’s all I can remember.  Especially the Lay Me Come Eggs part.  I’ve tried google and other searches but they are not helping.