A GOOD EGG

BY ALLI SCHUCHMAN

Robin Melton first came to know 10-year-old Lily Lincoln after a visit to Lily’s mother, Dr. Helena Lincoln, AKA Bainbridge’s Fairy Tale Dentist. Melton was tight on money, so Lincoln proposed that in exchange for the dental services, Melton could help Lily with reading. She accepted.

The pair hit it off. “We started going to the library, checking out books. She would read to me, and I would read to her. She’s become a wonderful little friend,” said Melton, age 77. “She’s very, very bright. She comes over here and we make candles together. And she just got a bicycle so she’s all over the island now.”

One of Lily’s many passions is chickens. She estimates that she and her mother have between 70 and 100 birds. Lily takes care of them and sells their eggs at the Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. “She hand-paints beautiful pictures on the egg cartons,” said Melton. “She names the chickens and carries them around. I took this picture of her holding one of her friends, Hona.”

Hona is no ordinary chicken. She’s a Svart Hona, which is Swedish for black hen. The breed has only been in the United States since 2012 and they are rare. Their eyes, combs, wattles, feathers, legs and even bones are all black. Despite being relatively small chickens, they lay big eggs.

So sweet, it sounds like a fairy tale.

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