Chicken Food
Mr McQurie had eggs all over his backyard. He
kept those eggs so warm that they cracked and out
came chickens.
The chickens chirped… “Chicken food, chicken
food! We want chicken food!”
“What’s chicken food?” said Mr McQuire. Mrs
McQuire looked out of the window.“You will have
to dig up the garden and get… slugs and bugs and
beetles for crunching and worms that wriggle and
squiggle for munching! That’s chicken food!”
So Mr McQuire got a spade and he dug up the
garden in a flurry and scurry.
The dirt flew so high it covered the clouds.
But down fell slugs and bugs and beetles for
crunching,and worms that wriggled and squiggled
for munching!
“Good!” said Mr McQuire. “Chicken food!”
But it wasn’t. It wasn’t chicken food for
those chickens.
They just turned up their beaks and chirped…
“Chicken food, chicken food! We want chicken
food!”
“What’s chicken food?” said Mr McQuire.
Mrs McQuire looked out of the window.
“You will have to dig up the grass,” she
said.“You will have to dig up the grass and get…
seeds and weeds
and crickets for crunching, and spiders that
wiggle and jiggle for munching!
That’s chicken food!”
So Mr McQuire got a digger and he dug up the
grass in a flurry and a scurry.
The grass flew so high it covered the sun.
But down came Seeds and weeds. And crickets for
crunching and spiders . That wiggled and jiggled
for munching.
“Good!” said Mr McQuire. “Chicken food!”
But it wasn’t.
It wasn’t chicken food for those chickens.
They just turned up their beaks and chirped…
“Chicken fopod, chicken food!
We want chicken food!”
Mr McQuire was frantic. “What is chicken
food?” he wailed.
Mrs McQuire looked out of the window. “Chicken
burgers,” she said.
“That’s chicken food!” “Chicken burgers,
chicken burgers,”chirped the chickens. And they
did the Chicken Wobble.
So Mr McQuire made chicken burgers with slugs
and bugs and beetles for crunchin, and worms that
wriggle and squiggle for munching ,and…
Seeds and weeds and crickets for crunching and
spiders that wiggle and jiggle for munching!
Mr McQuire’ chicken burgers were amazing.
The chickens loved them.
But those chickens ate so many
That they grew and grew……and grew.
And now Mr McQuire has humongous hens.
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