Don’t be fooled by farmyard fowl

When the Little Red Hen found a grain of wheat in the farmyard, she asked the pig, the dog and the goat to help her plant it. They refused. 

Harvesting the wheat and baking it into bread, she sought their help again, to no avail. When it came to eating the loaf, however, it was a different story. They all wanted a slice but the Little Red Hen let them go hungry.

Chaucer’s Chanticleer was seized by Reynard the fox. While being carried off, pursued by the other farm animals, the rooster persuaded his tormentor to turn and taunt them.