Chicken Big (3 page)
Authors: Keith Graves
At naptime, the little chickens returned to the coop and found all their eggs were gone.
“We’ve been robbed!” crowed the little rooster.
“By an egg burglar!” clucked the small chicken.
“Woe is me!” clucked the smaller chicken.
“Woe is me, too!” peeped the smallest chicken.
The chickens all began to boo hoo hoo.
But the big, humongous chick saw a sneaky red fox carrying the eggs into his den a mile away.
With three giant hop-hop-hops, the big, humongous chick caught up to the fox just as he was about to make himself a scrambled egg supper.
“Yikes!” said the fox.
“I don’t think so,” said the big, humongous chick. “But you are a naughty thief!”
The frightened fox ran away with his tail between his legs, having lost all interest in poultry.
In no time, the big chick was stomping back to the coop with the missing eggs.
“Our babies!” cried the happy, little chickens.
“Our hero!” they all clucked.
“I knew it all along!” crowed the little rooster. “He’s no elephant!”
“He’s definitely not a squirrel!” clucked the small chicken.
“He’s surely no umbrella!” clucked the smaller chicken.
“He couldn’t be a sweater!” peeped the smallest chicken.
“Only ONE thing could be so smart, so kind, so warm, and so brave.”
shouted the others. “He’s a
The big, humongous chick was THRILLED to find out that he was a chicken after all.
“Oh thank goodness!” he said. “Now I can move back into the coop!”
“Actually, it’s a rather small coop,” crowed the little rooster.
“It’s itty-bitty,” clucked the small chicken.
“Teensy-weensy,” clucked the smaller chicken.
But we'll make room! peeped the smallest chicken.
Copyright © 2010 by Keith Graves
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eISBN: 978-0-8118-7237-9
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