the story of the rooster

**Indea** · June 21st, 2004, 09:06 AM

A farmer has 500 hens, but no rooster, and he wants chicks.
So, he
> goes down
> the road to the next farmer and asks if he has a rooster that
he
> would sell.
>
> The other farmer says, "Yep, I've got this great rooster,
named
> Ralph.
> He'll service every chicken you got, no problem."
>
> Well, Ralph the rooster costs $3,000, a lot of money, but the
> farmer decides
> he'd be worth it. So, he buys Ralph.
>
> The farmer takes Ralph home and sets him down in the barnyard,
but
> first he
> gave the rooster a pep talk. "I want you to pace yourself now.
> You've got a
> lot of chickens to service here, and you cost me a lot of
> money.
>
> Consequently, I'll need you to do a good job. So, take your
time
> and have
> some fun," the farmer said, with a chuckle.
>
> Ralph seems to understand, so the farmer points toward the hen
> house and
> Ralph takes off like a shot. WHAM! Ralph nails every hen in
>the hen
> house - three or four times, and the farmer is really shocked.
>
> After that, the farmer hears a commotion in the duck pen and,
sure
> enough,
> Ralph is in there.
>
> Later, the farmer sees Ralph after a flock of geese down by
the
> lake.
> Once again - WHAM! He gets all the geese. By sunset he sees
Ralph
> out in
> the fields chasing quail and pheasants.
>
> The farmer is distraught and worried that his expensive
rooster
> won't
> even last 24 hours. Sure enough, the farmer goes to bed and
wakes
> up the
> next morning to find Ralph on his back out in the middle of
the
> yard, mouth
> open, tongue hanging out and both feet sticking straight up in
the
> air.
> Buzzards are circling overhead.
>
> The farmer, saddened by the loss of such a colorful and
expensive
> animal, shakes his head and says, "Oh, Ralph, I told you to
pace
> yourself. I
> tried to get you to slow down, now look what you've done to
> yourself."
>
> Ralph opens one eye, nods toward the buzzards circling in the
sky
> and
> says, "Shhhh! They're getting closer."
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