So consistency with posting on the blog seems to be a challenge for me lately, and that's why I resolve to put it on the top of my list of {New Year's Resolutions}.
Since I like to write short stories, which often come from my over active imagination, or are based on actual events, I thought I would share the following story I wrote about a dining out adventure we had some time ago...So, enjoy while you wait for my promised updates on the happenings at
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{Coonie & Bees}.
Rooster At Large In Small Town
Last night we decided rather than eating in we would treat ourselves
out to our favorite hometown Chinese restaurant. Nothing out of the
ordinary for us, and probably $40.00+ dollars we should have stashed in
savings...but you just have to treat yourself once in awhile.
Little
did we know that our meal would include entertainment. A chicken
round-up by our local County and City Police Departments was the
last thing we expected to be witness to. It seems a fiesty little
rooster had escaped from who knows where and decided to hang out
around the restaurant. The problem being the very busy two lane traffic between where he came from and the restaurant. I know chicken verses automobile can't possibly end well for the
chicken.
After spying the little rooster strutting
around the flower planters next to where we were seated, we mentioned it
to our server. Not sure what else to do, she had already contacted the
police department who then sent an officer, he was unable to find the
pint size poultry. Within minutes of our conversation and observing Mr.
Rooster narrowly missing meeting his demise in traffic, on the scene
arrived first a County sheriff's deputy followed shortly by City police
officers.
Now to a bystander who was not aware of what
was transpiring it would have been easy to assume that there could be
serious police business going down on the South end of town. Police cars
parked in the street, officers directing traffic, cars backing up in
two lanes, people coming from a neighboring business to watch. In a
larger town one may expect to see news vans and reporters swarming the
area, however this being a small town we'd have to settle for bystanders with
cell phone cameras. Unfortunately I had forgotten mine and couldn't get
my husbands to work in the frenzy of activity, so I didn't get any video or photos.
Within
minutes of arriving on the scene our dedicated police officers, after a
moment of conferring and a few good natured chuckles amongst themselves,
it was decided, it seemed that the county deputy would engage in a foot
pursuit of the two legged feathered suspect with city officers acting as
hazers to shoo the little critter in the deputy's direction.
Now
anyone knows that a foot race between poultry and human is not going to
be easy for the human and the chances of success in apprehending said
poultry in a wide open space without the assistance of a net or some
other device are slim to none. Those odds however did not stop our
deputy and officers from executing operation Capture Rooster At Large.
After
an impressive sprint behind the rooster, dodging the obstacles of
parked cars, flower planters, curbs and sidewalks, coming within inches
of snagging the little feathered fowl, the deputy finally got a big break
in the foot race when Mr. Rooster took refuge underneath a parked
vehicle. Taking their positions to flush the perpetrator out of his
hiding spot it was only a matter of seconds before he made his move to
escape, only to end up trapped between the grill and grill guard on
the vehicle he had hidden under. Allowing the officer to effect a
successful two handed mid-air grab, finally catching the elusive little
rooster as cheers and laughter erupted from the watching crowd.
So
not only was it a brief moment of entertainment and conversation
for the restaurant patrons it was a happy ending for the rooster and
thankfully we didn't have to be witness to a tragic ending for the
little guy. My appreciation goes out to our local law enforcement
departments for being willing to take on the round-up and rescue of that rooster when they surely have more serious matters to attend to,
and I am sure they never imagined their oath of to "protect and serve"
would include catching wayward chickens.
copyright - TM Leno
