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Rooster School
Rooster School
Over in the Southeastern United States,
there was a rooster farm with a college
that trained the finest, well-bred roosters.
Struggling parents scrimped and saved corn
for years to send their sons
to this pompous rooster college.
There the sons learned to crow
with depth, tone, and inflection.
They learned to strut in a prestigious,
fanciful manner, and flaunt their
well-bred training in the face
of less fortunate rooster lads.
Yes, Roberto Rooster was being sent
to college for a Roosterate in Education.
He would be certified by the Rooster Council
to instruct the young lads himself
in the art of fine roostership.
As Roberto piously left Cecily Chicken,
his sobbing mother hen,
and Regalia Rooster, his proud father,
he waved an end feather and said,
“Thanks, Folks! The world will soon know the
fine-bred gentlemanly rooster you have birthed.”
He proudly lifted his head and marched on.
Roberto's parents gave him three things to carry
on his many-mi!e journey to the college.
The first item was a small sack of corn,
lovingly put together by his mom
to last his entire journey,
for food and to pay his tuition.
The second item was a nice bowtie
to hang around his neck at graduation.
The third was a special decorative anklet
had belonged to Roberto's grandmother
to offer to the lucky refined lady chick
that he would agree to be his mate.
As he journeyed, he met up with a pig
who hungrily eyed his sack of corn.
Roberto Rooster, seeing the pig's wistful stare
as one of envy of his handsome physique and feathers,
felt compelled to stop and comfort the poor pig.
The pig coaxed him into seeing the contents of the sack.
Stupidly, Roberta poured the corn on the ground.
The pig immediately rooted into the corn
devouring it before Roberto's eyes.
Devastated, Roberto sadly went on.
Later, he traded his bowtie to a young male gander
(who seemed very vain) for corn.
But Roberto was starved after many days without food
and he needed some food to eat.
With only the anklet left, he started on.
Near the college, he met a beautiful lady chick
who led him on, took his anklet, and revealed
that she was the college Dean's daughter.
She warned him not to tell what had happened,
for the Dean would not believe him,
and he would eject him from the college.
Well, Roberto went on to the college,
found a part-time job on a small farm and graduated,
but he had no bowtie to wear at graduation.
He was gaunt and thin because he didn't
get as much food as he needed.
He counted his blessings and marched proudly.
After graduation, he met a refined, well-bred
lady chick who agreed to be his mate,
but he had no anklet to offer her,
only his loyalty.
Roberto led a good life, made his parents proud,
and he did serve as an educator for young lads.
However, the advice that he gave
to the young roosters was not pompous.
It made sense. He told his students,
“If you have a college degree, you can be sure of one thing …
YOU HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE ...
but, perhaps the best education is learned
from the Rooster Elementary School of Hard Knocks”.
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