A few weeks later a relative came to stay with the family. As they sat under the big tree sharing news, the relative pointed to the bird among the chickens. 'That's not a chicken,' he said, 'it's an eagle!'

The farmer smiled at him. 'It's a chicken now,' he said. 'It eats like a chicken.' 'I'll prove to you it's an eagle!' exclaimed his brother. And he instantly picked up the young eagle and held it high above his head.

'You are an eagle not a chicken, you belong to the sky!' The eagle stretched its wings out wide, but then it saw the chickens scratching amongst the kitchen scraps and jumped down to the ground to join them.

'It's a chicken!' laughed the farmer, as the children screamed with delight.