The Little Chicken family squeezed into their tiny coop. Mama Chicken, Walter Chicken, Beneatha Chicken, and baby Travis Chicken barely fit! "I'm squished!" clucked Travis. Walter paced back and forth. "We need more space," he grumbled. Beneatha read her book in the corner. One sunny morning, Mama Chicken received wonderful news. A distant cousin had sent her many, many seeds! The family gathered around excitedly. "What will we do with all these seeds?" asked Beneatha. Walter's eyes sparkled with ideas.

The Tiny Coop

"Mama, I have a plan!" Walter said excitedly. "My friends and I can start a bakery. We'll make the most delicious bread and earn more seeds!" Mama shook her head firmly. "No, Walter. I have other plans." Walter's feathers drooped sadly. Mama smiled at little Travis. "I'm buying a house for when Travis grows up. We'll ALL live there!" The house was in the duck neighborhood and had a BIG garden. "But Mama," protested Walter. Mama felt bad seeing Walter so sad. She gave him some remaining seeds. "Give these to Beneatha for school," she instructed.

Big Dreams and Disappointments

Walter took the seeds and hurried out. Hours later, he returned looking terrible. His feathers were messy and his head hung low. "Walter, where are the seeds?" asked Mama Chicken. Walter's voice was tiny. "I... I lost them. All of them!" Mama gasped. Beneatha dropped her book. Even baby Travis stopped playing. "How could this happen?" cried Mama. Walter explained he tried to help his friends but made a mistake. Suddenly, KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! Someone was at the door. Mama opened it slowly. A very angry-looking duck stood there, frowning deeply.

Seeds Lost

"You chickens bought a house in OUR neighborhood," the duck said meanly. "We want to buy it back!" The duck continued, "We don't want chickens in our part of town!" Mama Chicken stood tall. She looked the duck right in the eye. "NO!" she said firmly. SLAM! Mama closed the door. Walter, Beneatha, and Travis gathered around her. "We're moving to our new house," Mama announced. The family packed their things. They moved into the big house with the wonderful garden. The ducks weren't friendly, but the family had each other and much more space. They felt hopeful together.

Standing Strong

Mama Chicken

Walter Chicken

Beneatha Chicken

Duck

Travis Chicken

Once upon a time there was a town in which lived chickens and ducks. The chickens lived in one, not so great part of town while the ducks lived in another. Why were the ducks and chickens separated? Because the ducks believed that they were superior and were also scared that the chickens would attack them because the ducks had been very mean to them before. In the part of town where the chickens lived there was a family called the little chicken family. The little chickens lived in a very small coop that barely even fit all of them! One day Mama chicken received a very large amount of seeds. Walter Chicken, Mama chicken's son, wanted to buy a bakery with his friends which could possibly get the family many more seeds using Mama's seeds. Mama chicken said No! Mama chicken then bought little Travis chicken, Walter Chicken's son, a house for when he grew up to become a big chicken. The little chicken family would then live there happily. The house had a BIG garden and was MUCH bigger than their coop. Mama chicken felt sad for Walter chicken because she was mean telling him no. Mama chicken wanted to make Walter chicken happy so she gave him some of the remaining seeds and told Walter chicken to give the rest to Benny chicken, Walter chicken's closer to use to go to a very very nice school. Walter chicken went out with the seeds, came back but OH NO! Walter chicken lost ALL of the seeds! KNOCK, KNOCK Mama chicken opens the door. A duck! The duck tells Mama chicken: "You bought a house in our part of town, we want to buy it back!" The duck continues: "WE don't want chickens in our part of town!" Mama chicken says NO! She closes the door... SLAM! And the little chicken family moves to the new house with the big garden. Sadly the family does not live happily ever after as they live in a part of town where mean ducks live. But they are much happier in their new big house.
