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My Brothers Peculiar Chicken

1. Kiko finds a peculiar chicken that he and his brother Alejandro cannot determine is a hen or rooster. 2. They ask others in their village like their parents, the village chief, and a poultry expert named Mr. Cruz, but none can identify the chicken. 3. To solve the mystery, Kiko and Alejandro take the chicken to a cockfight to see how it behaves, and discover it is actually a rooster when it defeats another rooster and then lays an egg.

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My Brothers Peculiar Chicken

1. Kiko finds a peculiar chicken that he and his brother Alejandro cannot determine is a hen or rooster. 2. They ask others in their village like their parents, the village chief, and a poultry expert named Mr. Cruz, but none can identify the chicken. 3. To solve the mystery, Kiko and Alejandro take the chicken to a cockfight to see how it behaves, and discover it is actually a rooster when it defeats another rooster and then lays an egg.

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Short Story

Unlocking Difficulties

peculiar quiver
unusual, strange or unique a tremble or tremor

crowed gamecock
to give the loud shrill cry of a A rooster bred for
rooster fighting

cockpit squawked
an enclosed place where to utter a loud, harsh cry;
cockfights are held As to when frightened
My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken
Alejandro R. Roces
1950
CHARACTERS
Father Village
Mother Chief

Kiko
Alejandro

Mr. Cruz
My brother Kiko once had a very
peculiar chicken….
Kiko Alejandro
When and where
it all started…
One early morning at the cornfield
\

SHOO!!!
Look at the rooster fight.
Why, If I had a rooster
Let’s go like that I could get rich
catch it in cockpits.
Tiktilaoook!!
Binab
ae
It is not

It is It is not
a hen
It is a
hen
Binal
ake
I know who
can settle this
question.
Chief of the village
Oldest Man of the Village
No, that could not be a
chicken. I have never
seen a chicken like
that.
It must a be a bird of
some other kind.

Chief
I know
Well, what
what should we
do now?
Mr. Eduardo Cruz
The Poultry Owner
Studied Poultry Raising in UP
I couldn’t tell in
one look. I have
never run across
a chicken like
this before

Mr. Cruz
I know how I
can prove to
you that this is
… a rooster.
Cockpit
Something warm and round…
Elements
of
Fiction
1. SETTING

Time:
Early morning

Place:
Village
2. CHARACTERS
Kiko
– Alejandro's brother. (Protagonist)
Alejandro
- Speaker and Kiko's brother (Protagonist)
Mother
- Mother of Kiko and Alejandro (Flat Character)
Father
- Father of Kiko and Alejandro (Flat Character)
Chief of the Village
- Oldest man / (Flat Character)
Mr. Eduardo Cruz
- Poultry owner (Flat Character)
3. PLOT
Parts of the Plot:
a. Exposition
– Kiko and Alejandro went to the cornfield.
As they were driving the chickens away
they suddenly heard a rapid flapping of
wings. They turned in the direction of the
sound and saw two chickens fighting at the
far end of the field. Kiko went to catch the
chickens but he only caught one.
3. PLOT
b. Complication
They couldn’t tell whether the chicken is a
hen or a rooster.
c. Crisis
They began to ask their mother and
father, even the people on their village like
the chief of the village and Mr. Cruz. But all of
them couldn't tell whether it's a hen or a
rooster. In the end Kiko and Alejandro
resolved to take the chicken to the cockpit.
3. PLOT
d. Climax
They had decided to test the
chicken in a cockfight and matched it with
the red rooster, which is known to be a
killer. Alejandro expected their chicken to
die of fright. When the match began, a
lovesick expression came into the red
rooster’s eyes then it did a love dance. The
chicken eventually stabbed the red rooster
with the spurs.
3. PLOT

e. Denouement
The fight was over; their chicken won
and a riot began among people.
Alejandro was already convinced that the
chicken is a rooster. After a while, the
chicken began to quiver then something
round and warm dropped on to his hand.
It was an egg.
4. POINT OF VIEW

FIRST PERSON

- The one who is telling story is


Alejandro, the writer himself.
5. THEME

 Things are not always as they seem;


the first appearance deceive many
You can’t always expect others to
agree with you, because they also have
their own views.
6. IMAGES
 They were lunging on each other on the whirlwind
of feather and dust.
 We heard the rapid flapping of wings.
 A lovesick expression came into the red rooster’s
eye.
 It rushed at the red rooster with its neck feathers
flaring.
 The chicken began to quiver. It stood up in my
arms and cackled with laughter.
 Something warm and round dropped in my hand.
7. SYMBOLS

 Texas Chicken vs. Native Chicken-


Shows the mind-set of our people about
the inferiority of our race from the
other races

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