One day, Gertrude McCluck was sitting in her hen house when she said, "I want to go on an adventure." So she packed everything up and set off. Gertrude knew she would go to Hollywood to be an actress and star in a movie.

Days went by, and since she had traveled for so long, she said, "When is this adventure going to get any better!" She started walking home when she saw one car, then another car, then another car that had a California license plate. Her adrenalin was fully pumped and she started walking, no, running, to Hollywood. The only way Gertrude could tell where she was going was by her one and only Gertrude McCluck compass.

On her 12th night, she perched up on a rotten downed tree and she had dreams of the fame of being able to star in a movie. The next day, after walking and walking, she finally saw the Hollywood sign!

When she arrived in the town, she asked a clerk in the store Poultry Paradise where the movie audition building was. The clerk said, "Well, you came to the right place because what you are looking for is right next door!"

Gertrude was so happy and strutted right over there and went through the door and into a funny smelling office. A lady at the counter asked, "Can I help you?"

Gertrude said yes, and stated that she wanted to star in a movie. The lady at the counter replied, "Well, in order to star in a movie, you have to star in a television show first, and the room for auditioning is right around the corner."

Gertrude thanked the lady and marched right into that room. A man runs up to her with a face that looks like he won about one million dollars and says, "Oh, finally, we needed a hen to star for that television show! You just wait right there and tell me your name."

"My name is Gertrude McCluck," said Gertrude. The man thanked Gertrude and told her again to wait right where she was standing.

Gertrude waited and waited, then the man says, "How would you like to star in the television show, How to Butcher a Chicken?"

Faster than you could blink your eye, she literally was flying out of the building and flew into a magazine interviewing building where this time a man in a not-so-funny smelling office asked, "Can I help you?"

Gertrude paused for a minute and thought if she couldn't star in a television show or in a movie, why can't she star in a magazine! So she answered the man and took a quick test and half an hour later the same man came out with the results and said to Gertrude, "How would you like to star in the magazine Backyard Poultry?"

Gertrude was thrilled and had no problem saying yes. Now Gertrude is the happiest hen in the world, and always will be!