The YA and Middle Grade Fiction Group discussion

Hi everyone! In this competition, please post a few sentences (or one sentence) that serves as a killer hook for a story starting with this phrase:

It's best to count your chickens before they hatch......

Please post by February 27, and I will put my favorites in a poll, so the group can decide which is best. The winner will receive a prize which I will reveal later! :)

The shadow fell from the tree, then the world came crumbling down around me.

It's best to count your chickens before they hatch, especially when your brother is a fox in disguise.

Oh, my bad, didn't fully read the instructions:

It's best to count your chickens before they hatch.
Because if you don't, the hawks will find you.