Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Chanticleer, as one may recall, was a figure in the Nun's Priest's Tale in The Canterbury Tales. Clearly, the word cocky is derived from this very rooster. He can sing so beautifully to bring on the day, and all the animals on the farm love him. He has seven hens for wives, but one, Partlet, is his favorite. One night, he has a nightmare of a fox grabbing him about the neck as he is singing to bring in the day. Partlet tries to ease his fears, but it does no good. Could this dream foretell what is to occur, mayhaps?
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