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[Trinity]

Upon seeing his old buddy, Trinity shouts out:  "Sheep!!!   How ya been doin'??  It's been so long since Ah done seen ya last, Ah thought ya made it on somebody's dinner plate!"

The sheep's eyes widen in fear.

"How's about you an' me have us a drank?  Have ya seen anything of Cletus the Rooster lately??"

The sheep relaxes and the two old friends walk to the kitchen together with Claire following close behind.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico says, "Yer just in time fer supper, Chicken and Dumplings, Slim whacked the head off that no good rooster of his and is gonna bring a new one home from Wissy-consion.

[Trinity]

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[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother jumps up, dropping her yarn to hug Trinity and glare at Delmonico.

"Slim did not, there was nothing wrong with the rooster, all the chickens were happy."

[Delmonico]

Hens are like women many of them like a no good rooster.   Sides that Slim found out the rooser was the hen's cousin, don't want no inbred chickens round here.   Next thing ya know some fools gonna get rich makin' jokes about them.

[Trinity]

"Ah kain' believe it.  Cletus is daid! <sniff>  C'mon Sheep.  Less me an you hold a wake fer ol' Cletus out by the hen house!" <sniff>

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother takes off her hat and puts a doiley on her head, then follows Trinity and the sheep out to the chicken coop.

"You know they never did get around to making the baby roosters into capons..."

[litl rooster]

Delmonico says, "Yer just in time fer supper, Chicken and Dumplings, Slim whacked the head off that no good rooster of his and is gonna bring a new one home from Wissy-consion.

litl' rooster (the litl'one eyed fat man) may have to change his alias to keep his head attached to the rest of his self......

He is now following 2 threads looking for clues to these cattle theives.....Women usually are behind a fella gone bad.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico peeks out of his office and notes that the FFg remembered about the babby roosters and the fact that Slim the chicken farmer don't know how to neuter them. 

(Authors note: Remind Delmonico about the un-neutered roosters in about 4-6 more weeks, he has plans for both them and a lesson in food history again.)

Delmonico also notices he was right about lil rooster bein' su-spis-ous 'bout the FFg being involved in the recent thefts of cattle and horses.

As they near the chicken coop they see Cletus smiling at them, from the top of the choppin' block.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

And all around Cletus the baby roosters are bowing down in homage to his prowess.

[Delmonico]

And the head of Cletus still smiles from the choppin' block.

[Trinity]

Seeing Cletus's dismembered head sends Trinity again into a fit of sobs!  Sheep ignores him and laps at the recipe that Trinity had poured for him.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico feels sorry that Slim has decided to retire Cletus and ruined Trinity's drinkin' fun.   

He gets an Idea, grabs the head and heads to the machine shed.  He comes back 6 hours later with Cletus's head trans-planted on to the head of a Turkey Vulture.   A real
Frank-in-bird.

[Silver Creek Slim]

(Author's note: I must've been sleepin' fer the last several days. Y'all sure posted alot.)
"Trinity, I fixed my branding iron so the Sheriff won't arrest me agin fer havin' a runnin' iron." "I didn't chop Cletus' head off.  "

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Hearing Slim, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother slowly turns toward Delmonico, her eyes narrowing into slits and lips turning into a tight, thin line.

[Delmonico]

Just then the knew rooster Slim brought crows from his saddle bags, poving that Slim is just practicing good chicken ranchin'.  

The Franken Bird, the sheep and Trinity lay drunk on the manure pile.

"Slim, you might want to load up the 10 gauge, there's been a chicken theif lurkin' round here, he from over to another thread.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"How'd dat rooster git in ma saddle bag?"
"Chicken rustler?!?!  " Slim pulls his "Mighty Ten" outta the saddle boot. "Thunk, thunk", say the shells goin in the chambers. 

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

At the sound of the crow, all the cute little baby roosters rush the gate to peep at Slim's saddle bags.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim opens his saddle and out jumps...

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother stares at the new rooster then bites her lips to keep from laughing. Somehow or another she's learned it isn't wise to laugh at a male who thinks he's a stud. But her shoulders shake from the effort to contain herself.

After a few moments she manages to say: "I reckon he'll be protecting the chickens from that rustler."