Real or Fake News #7

(1) Read the story. (2) Tell the story in your own words. (3) Ask the questions.
In 1945, a farmer named Lloyd Olsen beheaded a chicken in Colorado, but it refused to die.  The chicken kicked and ran, and didn’t stop.

Olsen put the chicken, which he named Mike, in a box on the porch and was amazed to find it was still alive the next morning.

Olsen decided to go on tour across America with Mike. Curious crowds paid 25 cents to see Mike, the “Wonder Chicken.”

Unfortunately, the tour didn’t last. 18 months after losing his head, Mike passed away in an Arizona hotel room.

 
Vocabulary
behead = cut off the head

passed away = died
Comprehension Questions
  1. In which year did this happen?
  2. How long did the chicken live without a head?
  3. What is the chicken’s name?
  4. How much did people pay to see Mike?
  5. Where did Mike die?
  6. T or F: Mike’s nickname is the “Wonder Chicken”.
Discussion Questions
  1. Do you like chickens?
  2. How much would you pay to see a headless chicken?
  3. Would you rather be a poultry farmer or a potato farmer?
  4. What do you know about Colorado?
  5. Which chicken restaurant is your favorite?
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