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Monday, October 24, 2005
SamI grew up in a nice suburb of a somewhat large city. I had access to all kinds of opportunities that come with such a location. I had a wonderful and full childhood. There is one thing however that I have never truly experienced. Life on a farm. I now live in a very rural community surrounded by farms. Everyone it seems owns some sort of livestock. If it isn't horses, cows, or sheep it is chickens, goats, or Llama's. My girls love to go for drives into the farming sector just to see all the animals.
My husband works in a building that is nestled between several farms. It is right off a pretty busy two lane highway, but is easily accessible. There is one interesting fact as to the location of his employment, and that is Sam. Sam is a chicken. She has adopted my husband's place of employment as her new home. She has lived outside the building for almost three weeks now and seems to have no intention of leaving. I find her fascinating, the way she struts around like she owns the place is amusing, but most of all it is the way that she acts as if she belongs right where she is.
One of the guys that works there decided to take pity on this poor creature who picks and scratches at the weeds outside. He put out a small dish of water and some oats. My husband occasionally provides her with an apple if it is left over from his lunch. Sam decided that she likes this new home and refuses to leave.
Each day when I drop hubby off for work, there is Sam strutting her stuff and flapping her wings at the passing cars. Now instead of running to see Daddy when we pick him up, the girls run to see Sam. They gather her feathers each day and bring them home for their "chicken feather collection". The two year old is especially adamant that she be allowed to get out of the car to see the chicken as she chants over and over again, "see Sam, see CHICKEN!"
I was afraid that when my girls realized that Sam was a chicken that they would never eat dinner again... We didn't try to hide the fact from our children that what they eat is the same as that fun bird outside Daddy's work. The only promise that I had to make to them was that we would never eat Sam. I only hope that no one else takes her home for dinner.
