Overheard in the Farmyard
11 Feb
“The sky is falling” said Chicken Lanna. And then she laughed. As did all the other chickens in the farmyard. It’s an old chicken joke. But in the world of chickens it’s still a good joke.
“Hey look” she continued. “There’s that farmers wife.”
“She’s sure getting fat” said Lanna’s friend Nora.
“I bet she’ll be on the menu for Easter.”
“Cluuuuck….” said Lanna. “I think she’s going to lay an egg”
I’m assuming that “Cluuuuck” is the chicken equivalent of “Duh” but since I don’t speak Chicken I may be wrong.
“Ha, replied Nora. “Human women think that having an egg is so hard.”
“Try having one every day Cluck Cluck.” Nora clucked to the farmers wife.
And I’m not even going to try to guess what “Cluck Cluck” means in Chicken. I’ll just say that she said it with a nasty tone in her voice.
“I wonder where her nest is?” said Lanna. “It must be huge so it shouldn’t be hard to spot.”
“Cluuuuck…” relied Nora. “In the human coop”
“Do you think the farmer will eat it or will let her hatch it?” continued Lanna, somewhat oblivious to Nora’s “Cluuuuck” remark.
Chickens don’t have big ears so she may not have heard it. Not like elephants. They hear everything with their gigantic ears. Just in case you didn’t know that.
“I don’t think the farmer will eat it” replied Nora. “Eating eggs is gross”
“True” replied Lanna. “But some animals eat eggs”
“That’s just an old wives tale” replied Nora.
“Say, why did the horse cross the road?” asked Lanna.
“Cluuuuck…” replied Nora. “To get to the other side.”
“Oh yeah, that makes sense” said Lanna.
“The sky is falling” she continued.
And they both started laughing again..
The life of chickens is filled with deep thoughts and laughter I suppose..
Farmyard chickens story
I like eggs. They’re nature’s most perfect food. Or is that the banana? Anyway, I don’t like chicken or chickens. I used to own a flock of chickens and they’re extremely stupid and filthy.
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We had chickens when I was a kid. I tried to play with them once but they gave me the cold wing so I eventually said cluck them and moved on..
I liked your reading of the story a lot better than the little bit I kept recording over and over again. Maybe it’s just easier to read your own stuff, because you already hear your characters’ voices in your head.
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