title: Chickens Don't Fly: and other fun facts (Did You Know?)
author:  Laura Lyn DiSiena 
description: Laura Lyn DiSiena is an art director who loves to write, design, and make crafty things. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her artsy husband and two naughty cats. You can visit them online at OhWellHello.com.
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  Mars Needs Chickens!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Mega-Cluck of Mars
  
  
  
  
  
  A giant chicken rampaged through the Martian colony. The dome glinted far
  above, its bonded glass the only object that stood between the inhabitants and
  the deadly environment of Mars.
  
  
  “Rrrraaaahhht! Rrrrraaaahhhhttt!” The chicken screamed as it roamed. Its
  gigantic feet stepped on one family’s housing unit and crushed the roof. A few
  steps later her claws rasped against the fiberglass transports that passed for
  cars, shredding it into small slices. “Buck-BUCKAW!” She turned and fluttered
  her wings, flying a short distance - for her size - down the carefully tended
  roadway.
  
  
  Landing near the dome’s connection to the surface, she began to peck. A small
  group of colonists came up behind her. “Fire on my mark,” said one.
  “Ready...set…”
  
  
  “No, don’t!” A plaintive voice came out from a nearby bush. “She doesn’t mean
  any harm!”
  