The Chicken
Rewrite the following story making the sentences flow together more smoothly. You may combine
sentences, and add transitional words or phrases, but do not leave out or add information. Use
correct grammar and punctuation conventions.
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The Chicken
A man lived in a farmhouse. He was old. He lived alone. The
house was small. The house was on a mountain. The mountain
was high. The house was on the top. He grew vegetables. He
grew grain. He ate the vegetables. He ate the grain. One day
he was pulling weeds. He saw something. A chicken was eating
his grain. The grain was new. He caught the chicken. He put
her in a pen. The pen was under his window. He planned something.
He would eat the chicken for breakfast. The next morning came.
It was early. A sound woke the man. He looked out the window.
He saw the chicken. He saw an egg. The chicken cackled. The man
thought something. He would eat the egg for breakfast. He
fed the chicken a cup of his grain. The chicken talked to him.
He talked to the chicken. Time passed. He thought something.
He could feed the chicken more. He could feed her two cups
of grain. He could feed her in the morning. He could feed her at
night. Maybe she would lay two eggs every morning. He fed the
chicken more grain. She got fat. She got lazy. She slept all
the time. She laid no eggs. The man got angry. He blamed the
chicken. He killed her. He ate her for breakfast. He had no
chicken. He had no eggs. He talked to no one. No one talked
to him.
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