Chicken in the middle of the road
Publisher: Mondo Publishing
Published: 1997
Language: eng
Format: Unknown Binding
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781572551893
Subjects: Readers (Elementary)
First sentence: One morning, as the sun rose, a truck came along the Tooradin Road (Original Australian version)
Description: The author was driving to work one morning with a friend, Barry, when they passed some white ruffled feathers in the middle of the road. Barry made me stop the car and go back to see if the chook was still alive. It was, so we took it home – and the idea for a contemporary Good Samaritan story was born.
Notes: The original title for the book when it was published in Australia was Chook in the Middle of the Road. 
The word 'chook' is Australian slang for a chicken. Unfortunately despite the authors protestations, the title was changed for both the UK and American market and he missed his chance to help the rest of the world expand their vocabulary.