Old
Butch
John the
farmer was in the fertilized egg business.
He had several hundred young layers (hens),
called "pullets", and ten roosters, whose
job it was to fertilize the eggs.
The farmer kept records and any rooster that
didn't perform went into the soup pot and
was replaced. That took an awful lot of his
time, so he bought a set of tiny bells and
attached them to his roosters. Each bell had
a different tone so John could tell from a
distance, which rooster was performing. Now
he could sit on the porch and fill out an
efficiency report simply by listening to the
bells.
The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch,
a very fine specimen he was, too. But on
this particular morning John noticed old
Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! John went
to investigate. The other roosters were
chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The
pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would
run for cover.
But to Farmer John's amazement, old Butch
had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't
ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job
and walk on to the next one. John was so
proud of old Butch, he entered him in the
Renfrew County Fair and he became an
overnight sensation among the judges.
The result...The judges not only awarded old
Butch the No Bell Piece Prize but
they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise
as well. Clearly old Butch was a politician
in the making: who else but a politician
could figure out how to win two of the most
highly coveted awards on our planet by being
the best at sneaking up on the populace and
screwing them when they weren't paying
attention.
Just remember in November this year that the
bells are not always audible!
Aspire to inspire before you
expire.
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