Chicken Surprise

[Ian McKay]

A couple go for a meal at a Chinese retaurant, and order the " Chicken Surprise."

The waiter brings the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot.

Just as the wife is about to serve herself, the lid of the pot rises slightly and she

briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around, before the lid slams back down.

" Good grief, did you see that ? " she asks her husband.

He hadn't, so she asks him to look in the pot. He reaches for it and again the lid rises

and he sees two little eyes looking around before it slams down.

Rather perturbed , he calls the waiter over, explains what is happening, and demands an explanation.

" Please Sir." says the waiter, " what did you order ?"

The husband replies, " Chicken Surprise."

" Ah ! So sorry," says the waiter, " I bring you Peeking Duck by mistake."