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Let’s read a tale set in Spain, which gives us an important lesson.

Narrator: Once upon a time in a ranch in Spain, six chicks were hatched. The hen
mother was surprised when she saw the last one.

Mother: Oh, my! What’s this?

Narrator: The hen mother took a closer look at the baby chick.

Mother: I can’t believe my eyes! He’s so different from my five other chicks. He has
only one wing…one leg…one eye…half a head…. and half a beak!

Narrator: When all the animals in the ranch knew about the special chick that was

born, they came to see him.

Duck: Quack, quack… poor little baby… quack, quack!
How do you find
Turkey: He’s so ugly! the behaviour of Just a Minute!
other animals towards
Horse: He looks funny! the Half Chicken?

Cow: Moo! He’s only a half chicken! Moo! life skill managing emotions

Bull: He doesn’t belong here!

Pigeon: He’s Half Chicken! Ha, ha, ha, ha

Narrator: A few weeks later, Half
Chicken heard two Rabbits talking
about him.

Rabbit 1: I don’t think he will

remain under his mother’s
protection for a long time.

Rabbit 2: You’re right. He is not
obedient like his brothers.

Rabbit 1: Maybe it’s because he’s
different. There’s no one else like him!

Narrator: Then Half Chicken thought.

Half Chicken: They are right. I don’t belong here. It’s time for me to leave the ranch.

Narrator: That same day he talked to his mother.
ranch: a big farm where
Half Chicken: Mother, I’m tired of this life in this dull ranch. animals are kept and taken
care of
I’m off to Madrid to see the King. obedient: doing what you’re
told without arguing

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