Chick­en Man is the keep­er of the hen house on an Israeli kib­butz and he loves his job! In fact, his con­tent­ment and good cheer turn every job he’s assigned dur­ing the kib­butz job rota­tion- no mat­ter how dif­fi­cult — into a joy. Only the hens are unhap­py about his absence so when Chick­en Man rotates back to the hen house, their restored con­tent­ment results in more eggs. The Israeli kib­butz has changed since Chick­en Man’s time but the spir­it of shar­ing and coop­er­a­tion that it rep­re­sents is still inspir­ing.

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