My Brother and

His Peculiar
Chicken
By: Alejandro Reyes Roces
 Alejandro Reyes Roces
(13 July 1924 – 23 May 2011)

A writer and essayist

considered best writer of comic short stories.
He is recognized for his wit, humor, and keen
observations of Filipino society and culture.

Some of his notable works include "Fiesta," "My

Brother's Peculiar Chicken," and "We Filipinos
are Mild Drinkers."
Characters:

Teniente Del Bario Mr. Cruz

Mother & Father

The Chicks
KIko and His Brother
It’s a Why it is
Hen! a Hen?!
 “That chicken is “Listen i’ve handled
fighting cocks since I
binabae, It looks ‘Mom do you think
was a boy and you “Why it is
like a rooster than it is a Rooster or a cannot tell me that is a
a hen” Hen?’ rooster” a Hen?!”
 “No, that could not be “I couldn’t tell it one
a chicken, I have never ‘Sir Teniente do look, I have never run “Mr. Cruz do you
seen like that, It must
be a bird or some other
you think it is a across a chicken loke
think it is a
this before”
kind” chicken?’ Hen?”
 “Would you
“If this is a hen of agree that this is
yours can beat a a rooster if I
gamecock I will make it fight in
the cockpit?”
believe anything”.
 “Do you
believe it is a
rooster now?”
“Yes!!”
 “??”

HUh?