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But Medio Pollito had a roving spirit in spite of his one leg, and when his mother called to him to return to the coop, he pretended that he could not hear, because he had only one ear. When she took the whole family out for a walk in the fields, Medio Pollito would hop away by himself, and hide among the Indian corn.
His mother shook her head sadly as she looked at him and said: 'My youngest born is only a half-chick. He can never grow up a tall handsome cock like his brothers. They will go out into the world and rule over poultry yards of their own; but this poor little fellow will always have to stay at home with his mother. And she called him Medio Pollito, which is Spanish for half-chick.
At last, just when the pain was so great that Medio Pollito thought he must die, the cook lifted up the lid of the pot to see if the broth was ready for the King's dinner. 'Look here! he cried in horror, 'this chicken is quite useless. It is burnt to a cinder. I can't send it up to the royal table; and opening the window he threw Medio Pollito out into the street.
Medio Pollito, replied the wind, 'when I was caught in the branches of the chestnut tree you would not help me; now you are punished. And he swirled Medio Pollito over the roofs of the houses till they reached the highest church in the town, and there he left him fastened to the top of the steeple. And there stands Medio Pollito to this day.
I am off to Madrid to see the King, and hoppity-kick, hoppity-kick, away stumped Medio Pollito. The next morning, as he was getting near Madrid, he passed a large chestnut tree, in whose branches the wind was caught and entangled. 'Oh! Medio Pollito, called the wind, 'do hop up here, and help me to get free of these branches. I cannot come away, and it is so uncomfortable.
'Do you think I have nothing to do but to waste my time on such trifles? Help yourself, and don't trouble busy travellers. I am off to Madrid to see the King, and hoppity-kick, hoppity-kick, away stumped Medio Pollito. A little later he came to a fire that had been left by some gipsies in a wood. It was burning very low, and would soon be out. 'Oh!
Now the stream was all choked up, and overgrown with weeds and water-plants, so that its waters could not flow freely. 'Oh! Medio Pollito, it cried, as the half-chick hopped along its banks, 'do come and help me by clearing away these weeds. 'Help you, indeed! exclaimed Medio Pollito, tossing his head, and shaking the few feathers in his tail.
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