2. About the Author:
He was a Filipino Author, Essayist, Dramatist & a National artist of
the Philippines for Literature.
He serve as Secretary of Education from 1961-1965.
He was Married to Irene Yorston Viola.
He attend Elementary and Highschool at the Ateneo De manila
University.
In 2001, Roces was Appointed as Chairman of the MOVIE and
TELIVISION review and classification board (MTRCB)
He also published books such as Of Cocks and Kites (1959),
Fiesta (1980), and Something to Crow About (2005). Of Cocks and
Kites earned him the reputation as the country's best writer of
humorous stories. It also contained the widely anthologized piece
“My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken”. Fiesta, is a book of essays,
featuring folk festivals such as Ermita's Bota Flores, Aklan's Ati-
atihan, and Naga's Peñafrancia.
3. My Brother Kiko had a very peculiar
chicken. It was very peculiar because no one
can tell whether it was a roster or a hen. My
brother claimed it was a rooster but I claimed
it was a hen. We amost got lynched trying to
settle the argument.
4. The whole question began early one
morning, while kiko and I driving the chickens
from the cornfield. The corn had just been
planted and the chickens were scratching the
seed out for food. Suddenly, we heard the
rapid flapping of wings. We turned in the
direction of the sound and saw the two
chickens fighting the far end of the field. We
could not see the birds clearly. As they were
lunging at each other in the whirlwind of
feathers and dust.
5. Kiko and I could not agree on what
determines the sex of the chicken if the animal
in the question had been a Carabao it would
have been simple. All we would have to do
was to look at the Carabao. We would have
wasted no time at examing it tails, hooves or
horns. We would simply have look at the
animal straight in the face & if it had a brass on
its nose the Carabao would be undoubtedly be
a bull. But chickens are not like Carabaos. So
the argument went on in the field and the
whole morning
6. At Noon, we left to have our lunch. We
argued about it on the way home. When we
arrived at our house, Kiko tethered the chicken
on a peg. The Chicken flapped it wings ang
then crowed.
7. We told our mother..we also went to
tenienteng Tasyo..then to Mr. Cruz to ask what
the sex of my brothers chicken.. But they didn’t
answer.. So my brother dicided to fight the
chicken in the cockpit. So that Sunday we took
the chicken to the cockpit. Kiko looked around
for a suitable opponents and finally decided on
a red rooster.
8. The Setting of the story was in the Town of
Alcala. The scenes took place in the cornfield
and in the cockpit.
9. Chicken- The very peculiar chicken, all argements
started because of this chicken.
Kiko- My Brother, the one claimed the chicken is a
rooster.
I- The one who claimed that chicken is a hen.
Mother- Is the one who say that the chicken is a
“Binabae”
Father- Is the one who say that chicken is a
“Binalake”
Tenienteng Tasio- The head of the village, a chief
in a barrio Philosopher. The Oldest man in a Barrio
Mr. Eduardo Cruz- Lived in the nearby town of
Alcala.
10. 1) Peculiar- not usual or normal
2) Flap- the movement, sounds of something what is
moving up and down.
3) Squawk- of a bird: to make short and harsh cry: to
complain or protest loudly or strong feeling.
4) Simple- not hard to understands or do
5) Terminated- coming to an end or capable in ending
6) Obstinate- difficult to deal with remove etc.
7) Formidable- very difficult to deal with.
8) Tacit- express or understood without being directly
stated.
9) Stealth- a secret quiet, and clever way of moving or
behavior.
12. 1.) Who is the author of the story? Give his
complete name.
2.) What is the title of the story?
3.) Who claimed that the chicken is a rooster?
4.) Who claimed that the chicken is a hen?
5.) Who say that the chicken is a”Binabae”?
6-7)What is the setting of the story?
8.) Who is the head of the Village?
9.) Where did they find the Battling Chickens?
13. 10.) Not usual or normal
11.) Not hard to understand or do, not special or
unusual
12.) Difficult to deal with, remove, etc, refusing to
change our behavior or your ideas
13.) Expressed or understood without being
directly stated
14.) A secret, quiet, and and clever way of moving
or behavior.
15.) The movement/ sound of something that is
moving up and down or back and forth
14. 16.) Who lived in the nearby town of Alcala?
Complete name ;)
17.) What is the meaning of middle initial of
the author?
18.) Father said that the chicken is what?
19.) What calls are chicken rooster like a hen?
20.) What is the real gender of the Peculiar
Chicken?
