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We were allowed to choose names for our chickens. I called my chicken Facebook because it will be a daily reminder to everyone that I should be allowed my basic human right of being on Facebook. Mum and Dad were less annoyed with my choice of name than I had hoped they would be but there is still plenty of time to achieve maximum parental annoyance. I will not be giving up my mission to make them change their minds. Grandad Bramble, though, he expressed great surprise and annoyance at my chosen chicken name.

‘Facebook is not a proper name for a chicken,’ he said. ‘I don’t know why you young people want to live your lives on the internet.’ He said the word ‘internet’ like it tasted bad in his mouth. He does not understand, in fact no one understands that my whole life would be improved if I were allowed to use Facebook.

He tried to get me to change Facebook’s name to Raquel after an actress he liked who was in old films. This amused him so much he laughed and laughed and his glasses fell down his nose and it was in NO WAY funny.

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