The chicken book joke

A chickychickychick-ENN!! · November 25, 2009

Courtesy of QI although possibly slightly paraphrased.

A chicken walks into a library, goes up to the counter, and clucks: 'Book'.

The librarian gives her a book, she tucks it under her wing and off she goes.

The next day she comes back. Goes up to the counter. Clucks: 'Book book book'.

The librarian gives her three books, she tucks them under her wing and off she goes.

The next day, she's back again. Goes up to the counter and clucks: 'Book book book book book!'

The librarian is astounded, gives her her five books, and thinks to himself, I've never met a hen who read so much and so quickly! I must follow her and find out what on earth is going on!

So he follows her, and sees her go into a house, and creeps up to it, and looks through the keyhole and sees a frog in bed with all these books on the covers.

The hen gives him a book and goes: 'Book'.

The frog looks at it and says back: 'Read-ip. Read-ip...'

Edited November 25, 2009 by Guest