Oral tradition American folktale
An adopted eagle discovers his true self.
Story
An eagle’s egg is placed in a chicken’s nest. When it hatches the hen treats the eagle as a chicken and the eagle behaves as a chicken. Other birds tell him he is an eagle but he insists he is a chicken until one day he opens his wings.
Why we chose it
This was one of the stories in The Story Museum original audio stories collection.
Oral tradition American folktale