2024 Winner Short Story – Child Chick, Chick, Duck! By Laikynn Werth One special day at the farm, 3 eggs hatched. As the proud momma hen started bragging about her beautiful delicate chicks, she realized one of them was not a chick! It was a duck?! “What in the farm is a duckling doing in my chicken nest” said momma hen as she marched out to the ducks. Ducks! Get over here I want to talk to you. Yes, asked the ducks fearfully. Did you lay a duck egg in my nest asked momma hen firmly? Yes I did, but I don’t want it back shouted one of the ducks fearfully. Well what do I do with the duckling? Um, um, um, take care of it, suggested one of the ducks. Well that settles it, ill take care of the duckling said momma hen, half grateful half ungrateful. As the two chicks and the one duckling grew older and a little bigger, the chicks made fun of their half brother. They said he had weird flappy feet. That made him feel very sad what the girls said. Momma hen heard them so thankfully that was the last time it happened, they quit saying mean things after that. Momma hen went off to the chicken navy to fight for chickens rights to not be eaten. She was gone for a few years and left her kids with the other chickens and ducks. When she finally came home she laid 4 more eggs. Three of them hatched (one was a dud). The duckling and chicks were so excited to have little sisters to add to their perfect family. The end.
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