Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Traveling Chicken & the Peach


On May 16, Miss Chicken and friends arrived in Macon, Georgia for a visit. Upon their arrival they began to sweat under their wings and their feathers became wet and limp.

"OH!! Mr.Blue" said Miss Chicken, "Oh Georgia is so humid I am having a bad feather day! I LOOK LIKE A WET CHICKEN! How in the world can any one stand to live here?" Mrs. White with her chicks beside her saw nothing but promise. She could tell that this was a place where her babies, would have open space to run and play. She thought the South was a wonderful!! Mr. Blue said "Oh!! but the weather is warm and everything is so lusciously green here. I think this is a delightful place and it has great shade trees. Let's relax and rest before we look for food.

"SUDDENLY a HUGE RED BALL FELL to the ground beside them. "SQUAWK!!" said Miss Chicken. "A bomb just fell out of the sky !! I don't like this place!" Mrs. White was in a panic, keeping her babies sheltered by her body, so nervous she froze and shivered. SAVE us Mr. Blue ! Has the sun fallen out of the sky beside us? "I am so scared!" said Mrs. White. Mr. Blue, circles around this red ball inspecting this thing that had almost squashed them. He was on alert, with his chest out as the protector of the group. He smells a sweet aroma coming from it. Suddenly, a river of juice flowed from the bottom where it has landed. 

"Why Mrs.White, I suspect this is not a bomb, but something wonderful to eat. I like this place! Food just falls from the sky!" They began to taste the sweet juice peach and lick their chicken lips with joy. Now they are ready to travel to Oregon so Miss Chicken can get her fluff back.

- Glenda Clance Coleman

10 comments:

  1. Love this Glenda - "food just falls from the sky" is just great! Thanks so much for participating!

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  2. Great story Glenda - makes me hungry for a good juicy peach! Love the shady atmosphere too. Well done! ♥

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  3. Good ol' Georgia! Nice vibrant colors.

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  4. Glenda, your painting is wonderful as is the story you wrote about the chickens. I though the "sweating" chickens and "licking their chicken lips" were a funny visual! Love It!

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  5. And another wonderful story is added to the little chicken's history. Great story, darling painting.

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  6. Love the story and the painting! Great work, Glenda!

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  7. Hello Glenda:) Such a nice story and your painting is wonderful.

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  8. Glenda,
    You have created a delightful story with a colorful painting about Miss Chicken and her friends, Mrs. White and Mr. Blue. I'll
    bet that Mrs. White and Mr. Blue are so happy to be included not only in your painting but to have names along with Miss Chicken.
    Yours in art,
    Pamela

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  9. I so enjoy reading the travels of Miss Traveling Chicken. Every host home she visits blesses the world with a beautiful painting and a great story to read.

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  10. Love the story line but I just sit here wondering when the little chicken will make it to Alabama. Can't wait.

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