January 12, 2013

No. 283

The chickens had been hearing rumors for some time that a fox was planning to raid the henhouse. They gathered together to examine their options to prevent the fox from attacking.
“I propose,” said the head chicken, “That we band together and, when the fox arrives, we fight him!”
“Aye!” said all the other chickens. “Aye!”

Three nights later the fox crept toward the darkened henhouse. The head chicken, who had been keeping watch, spotted the fox and called to the others. “To arms, friends! To arms! It’s time to repel the villainous fox!”
But the other chickens had gone. They had realized that they were chickens who had been planning to defeat a fox in open combat. The head chicken re-evaluated his strategy and ran away, too.
The fox ate all the delicious eggs and went back to its den to take a nap.  

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Obviously NO eggs left for an Omelette! sorry!

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