where have all the chicken gone?

Since we arrived in Sierra Leone, chicken have not been on the menu because of the bird flu. At least that's what they've been telling us...but I have figured out the real reason.
There are some chickens in Sierra Leone but no body really eats them because they "don't have much meat" to them. Yes, they are rather small but that is not the reason why we aren't eating them. This past week I was walking with Jeremy, Katie, Eric Marvin, and Marvina to go to the beach. I saw a mother chicken walking along with her 6 chicks, pecking arund for dinner. All small kids like chicks, they are just too cute to resist. Now, my Aunt has a farm and I have picked up many a chicks in my day and have never had any problem. So, I decided to grab a chick so that Marvina could pet it. So I cornnered one and picked it up to bring to Marvina.
"Vina, look I got a AHHH!"
As I was walking over to Marvina the mother chicken caming running at me, flapping her wings and pecking at my feet. I threw the chick to the ground. But no, the chicken didn't just want her chick back, she was out for my head. So I'm yelling and running around like a mad woman-not knowing where to run b/c ahead of me is a group of kids getting water at the pump and the other direction is Vina clamping onto Katie's leg for her life. Mind you Katie, Jeremy and Eric are all laughing histerically at this point. Finally the mother decides to let me go and walks off to join her chicks.
I was laughing so hard...I wish I could have had a video of it. The worst part is that although most of the kids at the water pump are also laughing, one ilttle boy is crying in horror at what he's just witnessed. I didn't know what to do because basically I just wanted to walk away, so we did.
So, now I know, we are eating chicken because they aren't fat enough, it's beacuse they will maul you to death if you try to catch them. So, until the "chicken ship" arrives bringing us chicken, our diet will remain chickenless.

Scarred for life but living,
Haley Kate