Things look bad when Rhode Island Roy, The Roughest Rooster in the World, comes to town!
This is a funny story that was part of the Animal Crackers series that I illustrated for Rose Impey, back in the Orchard Books days.
I was the last artist to be commissioned to produce artwork for the origianal Jackanory before it was withdrawn ( and then revived years later.)
It is told by the wonderful, and very young actor, John Barrowman who went on to greater things in Dr Who as Captain Jack Harkness.
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