The
Little White Rooster
Patricia
Ernest, opednews.com
Once upon a time there was
a little white rooster who lived on a farm. One day he gathered all
the other animals around him and told them about a far away corn field
that was run by a very nasty red rooster . The little white rooster
told the animals that he knew for a fact that the nasty red rooster was
about to, at any minute, fly over the farm yard and drop all sorts of
dangerous things that would harm all the animals. Will you
join with me and my flock of white pullets as we go to the corn field and
kill the red rooster to prevent this tragedy?, asked the little white
rooster. Who will go with me? Not
I, said the French hens. Not I, said the German Shepards. Not I,
said the larger group of animals called the United Animals.
The little white rooster
told the animals if they would join with him and his group of other white
roosters and white pullets, they could kill the nasty red rooster to
make all farms safer, take over the corn field and allow the red
rooster's flock to run the corn field all by themselves as they had always
wished. He said, the flock of the red rooster will be so happy to
see us and receive our help that they will throw sunflower seeds in our
path. The animals asked, don't you think there is another way to get
rid of the nasty red rooster? No, replied the little white
rooster. Then he asked, who will go with me?
Not I said the
French hens. Not I said the German Shepards. Not I said the larger
group of animals called the United Animals.
So the little white
rooster took his flock of other white roosters and pullets and left
on a trek to over power the nasty red rooster and his flock.
Some time passed and the
animals received news from the distant corn field. The news
said that the white rooster's group of pullets had chased away the
nasty red rooster but that the remainder of the red rooster's flock were
not happy to give up their corn field and they were now fighting the
little white rooster and his pullets.
The
animals at the farm sighed and went about their business, glad they
had not been a part of this mess.
Soon they received
more news. It seemed that the little white rooster had taken
over the corn field and he and his favorite white roosters were
gobbling up all the corn while the remaining red roosters were angry and
many of the white pullets had been killed by other roosters who had come
from near by farms to fight against the little white rooster's
flock. It seems that the little white rooster had not found the
dangerous things that he had claimed the red rooster possessed and
amazingly, the little white rooster had flown up on top of a near by farm
house and crowed proudly that the main battle had come to an end.
When the animals heard
this news they became upset, they realized that the only reason the little
white rooster had gone to the distant corn field was just to make himself
fat by eating all the corn. They knew that the nasty red
rooster had been terribly mean, but they were concerned about so
very many of the white pullet's deaths.
The
animals just sighed and went about their business, glad they had not been
a part of this mess.
It wasn't long before the
animals received another bit of news. It seemed that the
little white rooster was in terrible trouble and many many of his
pullets had been killed, the red flock was turning on the pullets and
things were in a state of chaos in the distant corn field.
The animals just sighed and
went about their business, glad they had not been a part of this mess.
Soon a letter came from
the little white rooster addressed to all the animals. In the letter
the little white rooster told the animals that if they had joined him in
the beginning, that his attack would have been more successful. He
said the deaths of all the white pullets was the fault of the animals.
The animals sent a
message back to the little white rooster that said they understood that
the little white rooster was in trouble and that was why they had not gone
with him to the field in the beginning, They said they knew
there could be lots of problems in that particular corn field. They
said they knew that it was good that the nasty red rooster had been chased
away but they thought there could have been other ways to get rid of
him without invading the corn field. They also said that
if the little white rooster was in serious trouble and needed their help
now, all he had to do was ask. They also asked if they might have
some of the corn to feed themselves while they were helping him.
The return message from
the little white rooster told the animals that they could not have any of
the corn, even to feed themselves while they were helping him fight,
because he was the one who had chased away the nasty red rooster and
therefore he deserved to have all the corn for himself and his favorite
white roosters. Then the little white rooster wrote, now will you
help me?
In a message of reply the
animals wrote, Not I, said the French hens. Not I, said the
German Shepards. Not I, said the larger group of animals called the
United Animals.
The little white rooster
wrote back, well, I would rather let my pullets be killed than to share my
corn with you because I want to eat it all by myself?
The animals
replied, Good luck! and sighed and went about their business glad they
hadn't gotten involved in this mess. ~
the end ~
Patricia
Ernest, aka Pissed
Off Patricia nesters@bellsouth.net
I live in the wonderful state of Florida. I am a mom to Murphy (my
precious pup) and Fred (my occasionally precious cat). I share my life, my
laughter, my world and all of my love with my husband and have
for 16 years. I would describe myself as a very sentimental and sensitive
person who is forever willing to share my point of view whether or not
it has been requested of me. This article
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