function changeChick(chickNumber) {

  var chickCopy = "";
  
  switch (chickNumber) {
  
 	case "1":
   	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091123/away.com/images/outside/scary-stories/slide1.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "World\'s Creepiest Places";
  	chickCopy = '<a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_16.html"><strong>The World\'s Creepiest Places</strong></a><br /><br class="small" />The birthplace of Dracula, the City of the Dead, the burial site of kings, the commoner\'s catacombs, and more.<br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_16.html">Click here to view gallery</a>'
    break;
  	case "2":
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091123/away.com/images/outside/scary-stories/slide2.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "The O Files: Unsolved Mysteries";
  	chickCopy = '<a href="/outside/features/200310/200310_mysteries_splash.html"><strong>The O Files: Unsolved Mysteries</strong></a><br /><br class="small" />In a world where everything has a rational explanation, nature still has the power to keep her secrets. These true stories of dark doings, loose ends, and unexplained terror keep us up at night, defy all reason, and scare the living daylights out of us.<br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/200310/200310_mysteries_splash.html">Click here to read article</a>'
	break;
	case "3":
   	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091123/away.com/images/outside/scary-stories/slide3.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Spooked: Q&A with Mary Roach";
  	chickCopy = '<a href="/outside/culture/200610/mary-roach-interview.html"><strong>Spooked: Q&A with Mary Roach</strong></a><br /><br class="small" />We talk terror with the author of "Something Blubbery This Way Comes," (featured in the October issue of <em>Outside</em>,) and the bestselling books <em>Spook</em> and <em>Stiff</em>. <br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/culture/200610/mary-roach-interview.html">Click here to read the interview</a>'
	break; 
	case "4":
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091123/away.com/images/outside/scary-stories/slide4.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Let the Bad Times Roll: Worst Moments Special ";
  	chickCopy = '<a href="/outside/features/200310/200310_mysteries_splash.html"><strong>Let the Bad Times Roll: Worst Moments Special</strong></a><br /><br class="small" />Adventure, big and small, is all about risk. The risk that things may go terribly wrong. That danger will finally cut off your credit and hit you with a hefty bill. That luck will flee the scene as the dark tide rises. In the tales of calamity that follow, our 13 unlucky writers hold forth on their personal odysseys into the land of nightmares. <br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/200510/worst-moments-1.html">Click here to read article</a>'
	break;
  default: 	//probably want to make this default to the first image/copy
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091123/away.com/images/outside/scary-stories/slide1.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "World\'s Creepiest Places";
    chickCopy = '<a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_16.html"><strong>The World\'s Creepiest Places</strong></a><br /><br class="small" />The birthplace of Dracula, the City of the Dead, the burial site of kings, the commoner\'s catacombs, and more.<br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_16.html">Click here to view gallery</a>'
  	break;
  
  }
  
  document.getElementById("risingStars").innerHTML = chickCopy;

}//end changeChick function