A Rooster's Tale

A FARMER DECIDED HIS ROOSTER WAS GETTING OLD AND UNABLE TO SERVICE THE HENS.  SO HE WENT TO TOWN AND PURCHASED A NEW YOUNG COCK.  AND RETURNED TO THE FARM AND PUT THE YOUNG STUD IN THE BARNYARD.  THE OLD COCK OF THE WALK APPROACHED THE NEWCOMER AND TOLD HIM THEY WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHO WOULD BE THE NEW BARNYARD BOSS.  THE YOUNG ROOSTER AGREED AND ASKED WHAT HE HAD IN MIND.  THE OLD ROOSTER SAID LET'S HAVE A RACE AND THE WINNER GETS THE HENS.  THE YOUNGSTER THOUGHT A MINUTE AND AGREED KNOWING HE COULD OUT RUN THE OLD COCK.  THEN THE OLD ROOSTER SAID, SINCE I'M SO OLD AND CANNOT RUN AS FAST AS  YOU WILL YOU GIVE ME A SLIGHT HEAD START.  THE YOUNG COCK AGREED, KNOWING HE COULD CATCH HIM EVEN WITH A HEAD START.  SO THE TWO LINED UP FOR THEIR RACE AROUND THE FARM HOUSE WITH THE OLD BOY LINING UP OUT FRONT.  OFF TO THE RACES THEY WENT AROUND THE HOUSE WITH THE YOUNG ROOSTER CATCHING UP WITH THE OLD BOY AND JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO CATCH AND PASS HIM THE FARMER RAN OUT AN SHOT THE YOUNG ROOSTER DEADER THAT HELL, EXCLAIMING THAT WAS THE THIRD QUEER ROOSTER HE HAD BROUGHT THIS MONTH.