Stick man hungry. Stick man want chicken. Stick man not sure
how to procure chicken. Stick man think. Stick man put on thinking pants. Stick
man getting thinner by the minute. Stick man put on belt to prevent pants from
falling down. Stick man spies shotgun, has brain-wave. Stick man hunts chicken.
Stick man sees chicken dressed in best crown minding chicken’s own business.
Stick man don’t care. Stick man hungry. Stick man takes aim, shoots
own-business-minding chicken in face. Stick man happy with himself. Stick man
plucks, guts, and cuts up chicken. Stick man invites five stick friends over
for dinner. Meanwhile, chicken community hold meeting, plot revenge. Chickens
wait until sun goes down, pour gasoline around stick man’s house. Next day,
nothing left but stick man’s belt.
Recipes from the East,
Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1955
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