Hannah’s school has been sorting through their readers, so my mother in law (who works at the school) bought home some of the unwanted readers for me. They were printed in the early 1980’s so there is a good chance I read the same stories myself as a child, but to be honest I think I would have remembered these.
Look at those titles “Shooting foxes”, “Wagging school”, and “When I broke the office window”. They are hilarious, so today I thought I would share my favourite – “The Sick Chook”. (A chook is a chicken for my international readers)
(Murgatroyd the chicken?)
When the other chickens were fighting over the feed, the sick chook just sat.
Grandma crushed an asprin and put it on a teaspoon with some water. (look at that poor chook! – please consult your vet before doing this)
I held the chicken while grandma poured the asprin down the chook’s throat.
(poor grandma looks like she is about to have a break down).
I grew up on these books to and loved them! Do you know where you can buy “the sick chook” I have brought my kids some of these but can’t find this one that I remember and love
I have no idea where to get them. I was given them and they cracked me up
I remember reading those books in the 80's. I loved them, there was a set about country kids and a set about city kids. I was a country kid and I could relate to them very well!
oh my goodness that is so very "country" and so very honest lol!
That just made my day. My kids would have nightmares about recurring chook carcasses….
No wonder Gen X has so many issues! Look what we were reading! That poor chicken. That poor woman. And doesn't she know they now know that aspirin is o.u.t? A great giggle for me this morning. Thanks x
Since my kids do see foxes getting shot it isn't actually a bad story for our house….and we used to live on a farm that if you buried ANYTHING the dog down the hill would dig it up. I work at a school and in the store room are the books I read – Dick and Dora and the like. I think they are priceless!
Hahaha this is hilarious Jo. I can't believe they had these in schools.
That is so funny! I love how it just stops, with no proper explanation of how/why the chook kept getting dug up or why it eventually stayed buried.
Oh how I wish my children had read stories like this instead of the boring Biff and Chip books; we'd all have loved them.Don't throw those books away.
OMG that is hysterical – thanks for sharing.
Oh that's hilarious Jo! LOL Maybe this is the perfect example of how we or society are softening our kids although I'm not sure I'd like my kids reading that story! LOL
Anne xx