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Feb 2023
19m 52s

The Brave Chicken

Starglow Media / Wondery
About this episode

Today's episode was written by Chad Chenail. On Mrs. MacDonald's farm there is a very brave chicken. This is the story of her first few days, and how she got to be so brave.

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