The Half-Chick (1)

The Half-Chick (1)

Once upon a time there was a handsome black Spanish hen, who had a large brood of chickens.

They were all fine, plump little birds, except the youngest, who was quite unlike his brothers and sisters.

Indeed, he was such a strange, queer-looking creature, that when he first chipped his shell his mother could scarcely believe her eyes, he was so different from the twelve other fluffy, downy, soft little chicks who nestled under her wings.

This one looked just as if he had been cut in two.

He had only one leg, and one wing, and one eye, and he had half a head and half a beak.



His mother shook her head sadly as she looked at him and said:

"My youngest born is only a half-chick. He can never grow up a tall handsome cock like his brothers. They will go out into the world and rule over poultry yards of their own; but this poor little fellow will always have to stay at home with his mother."

And she called him Medio Pollito, which is Spanish for half-chick.

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The Man from Snowy River が詩的ですので、純古典物語を、お出ししたいと思います。

ANDREW LANG
1892年　おおむね The green fairy book より。
わりかし有名なお話かとも思うのですが。

参考：細かいところは、ちょっと違うのですが、おおまかなストーリーは。
SPEAKABOOS　The Little Half-Chicks Story(英語字幕付きアニメ)

※１本足に、画像を訂正しました。

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