{"product_id":"9781466822139","title":"My Fine Feathered Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoy Meets Bird.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoy Gets Bird.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoy Loses Bird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Urban Folktale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day in the dead of winter, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e restaurant critic William Grimes looked out the window into his backyard in Queens and saw a chicken, jet black with a crimson comb. Wherever it had come from, it showed no sign of leaving, and it quickly made a place for itself among the society of resident stray cats. Before long, the chicken became the Chicken, and it began to arouse not only Grimes's protective impulses but also his curiosity. He discovered that chickens were domesticated first as fighters, not food; that egg-laying is triggered by exposure to light; that chickens were a fashion statement in Victorian days. He began to probe the mysteries of gallinaceous behavior, learning to distinguish a dust bath from a death dance and how to cater to his guest's eclectic palate. And when the Chicken began to repay his hospitality with five or six custom-laid eggs per week, Grimes had an answer to the age-old conundrum of which came first: the Chicken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then one day, obeying some bird-brained logic of its own -- or perhaps the victim of fowl play -- the Chicken vanished, leaving Grimes eggless but with this funny, enlightening, and heartwarming tale to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129773965552,"sku":"9781466822139","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466822139_p0.jpg?v=1769891032","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466822139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}