Why Did The Rooster Cross The Road?

Ohhh, The Good Ol Days Of Franklin School. I Can Sit Back And Close My Eyes And Remember The Good And The Not So Good Days Of Summer Back In The Day.
Larry Miller(Now Deceased) And I Were Pretty Good Friends At Franklin. Our Bodies Were Structurally About The Same. The Teachers When Choosing Teams For Competitions Would Always Pair Larry And I On Opposite Teams. I Would Say We Were Tall For Our Age.
Larry Came To Our School When They Closed His School Down. My House Was Just A Stone Throw Away But His Seemed Quite A Distance Away From School.
One Day Larry Asked Me If I Wanted A Chicken For A Pet. I Said Sure, That Would Be Cool. After School That Day I Rode My Bicycle With A Basket On The Front To His House.
Larry Led Me To A Shed In The Back Yard. Inside This Shed Were Chickens Of Different Colors Squawking As We Moved Throughout This Tiny Structure. I Pointed At One Particular Chicken And Told Larry I Wanted That One. He Said No You Don't Want That One, Besides That's A Rooster. Chicken, Rooster, They Were All The Same To Me. He Seemed To Be The Best One Of The Bunch. I Thought It Would Be Cool To Be Woke Up Each Morning By A Rooster.
I Took Him Home. It Was About Supper Time And It Was Against The Rules To Be Late. I Grabbed The Rooster And Put Him Inside The Garage While I Ate.
As Our Large Family Sat Around The Dinner Table My Mother Excused Herself And Said She Had To Get Some More Ice From Freezer For The Tea Which Was Located In The Garage. I Stood Up And Excitedly Told Her I Would Go Get It For Her. She Said No, Eat Your Supper Before It Gets Cold. As I Sat Down, Seconds Seemed Liked Minutes, While Minutes Seemed Like Eternity. I Knew At Any Moment The Two Would Meet In Total Darkness And I Wasn't Sure What Would Happen Next. One Thing Is For Certain. The Scream I Heard Coming From The Garage Was Etched In My Mind Forever. My Father Jumped Out Of His Chair And Went In The Direction Of Her Screams. My Mother Who Was Not Sure What It Was She Shared Space With In The Dark Garage Knew She Didn't Want To Go Back In Without Her Broom.
By The Time I Reached The Back Yard My Father Had Already Opened The Overhead Door.
Out Flew The Rooster And The Chase Was On. I Had No Idea How Fast A Two Legged Creature Could Run Until I Witnessed This Rooster That Day. The Rooster Traveled Down The Side Alley And Darted Across The Street Toward The School Yard. It Caught The Attention Of The Neighborhood Kids. It Turned Out To Be A Marathon Of Who Could Catch The Rooster. This Bird Scaled The Four Foot Shrubbery Like It Was Nothing. There Must Have Been A Dozen Or More Kids Chasing This Bird All Over The Play Ground Area. Finally A Kid Dove For It And Was Able To Grasp Onto It's Leg.
After Retrieving It And Bringing It To My House My Father Instructed Me To Return It Where I Got It. Can't I Keep It One Night? I Knew That Stern Look And I Said Nothing Further.
I Grabbed The Rooster And Placed Him In The Basket For His Trip Home. I Explained To Larry I Could Not Keep It. We Laughed About It And He Told Me I Took The Meanest Rooster They Had. He Was Glad The Old Bird Didn't Hurt Anyone Because He Was Pretty Feisty.
Our Supper Got Cold, But What The Heck...