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One more about his cars.

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So this has got a really
big direct quote in it too.

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This is called "Chicken
and Other Stereotypes."

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The officer said, "Nigger,
where's the chicken?"

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and started inspecting
the seats of my automobile

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before I could say anything.

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It was another one of
those cold Chicago days,

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and me and Hattie were standing
in the middle of Wabash

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while the officer
slapped this Flyer seat

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with the straightening club.

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I'll be the first to admit my
automobile has plush seats,

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but not plush enough
to hide a chicken.

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Like I would stash a
stolen hen where I sit.

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Where I come from, folks
name their fowl and talk

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about those birds
like old friends.

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I offered to pay the
fine, but the officer,

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his club dangling off of
his wrist like an extra arm,

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wouldn't have any of it.

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He saw the money roll I had
the size of a teacup bulging

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in my waistcoat, and he
still kept searching.

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Finally, I told him--

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this is a direct quote--

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"Mr. Officer, please
understand, no stolen chicken

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has ever passed the
portals of my face.

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Those chickens see
the gleam in my eye

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and they keep out of my way."

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