The Green Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang  The Half-Chick  Once upon
a time there was a handsome black Spanish hen, who had a large
brood of chickens. They were all fine, plump little birds,
except the youngest, who was quite unlike his brothers and
sisters. Indeed, he was such a strange, queer-looking creature,
that when he first chipped his shell his mother could scarcely
believe her eyes, he was so different from the twelve other
fluffy, downy, soft little chicks who nestled under her wings.
This one looked just as if he had been cut in two. He had only
one leg, and one wing, and one eye, and he had half a head and
half a beak. His mother shook her head sadly as she looked at
him and said:  ‘My youngest born is only a half-chick. He can
never grow up a tall handsome cock like his brothers. They will
go out into the world and rule over poultry yards of their own;
but this poor little fellow will always have to stay at home
with his mother.’ And she called him Medio Pollito, which is
Spanish for half-chick.   Whe