Anyone Watching the Eggs?

The snakes were having a meeting about chicken eggs.

"I sure love those chicken eggs," said Hissy. "Shame they aren't easier to get."

"They aren't that hard to get," said Fang. "You just sneak up and grab 'em. Once in a while, you might have to kill a chicken."

"Yeah, but that's too hard," whined Hissy. "They guard their eggs and make a fuss when you take them. And then there's that farmer guy. He's always interfering and trying to chop you in two with that hoe thing."

"No need to have a fit, Hissy," offered Scaly. "I have an idea."

So the next day, a slither of snakes came calling at the chicken yard.

"Just one minute there!" crowed the rooster. "Come to steal our eggs, have you?"

"Not at all," hissed Scaly, who was the spokessnake for the group. "We've just come to warn you. The farmer's going to make you eat fish food."

"What!?" squawked the chickens. "Fish food? No way!"

"Way, I'm afraid," said Scaly. "It's becoming very fashionable. All the other farms have been going to the fish food standard."

"But not our farmer!" objected the rooster.

"Hmm, I wouldn't be too sure about that," said Scaly. All the snakes hissed sympathetically.

"Well, we're not going to stand for that!" declared the chickens.

"We thought you wouldn't," snickered Scaly.

So the chickens marched off en masse to confront the farmer, while the snakes stayed behind to inspect the nests.

"What's this we hear about fish food?" squawked the chickens defiantly.

"Um, I have no idea," said the farmer.

"Ah, ha!" clucked the chickens. "Feigning ignorance, eh? We refuse to eat fish food!"

"Why would I feed my chickens fish food?" fumbled the farmer. "That's absurd."

"Evasiveness now!" screeched the chickens. "We demand that you never feed us fish food or any food that anyone might feed to any species other than a chicken!"

The farmer scratched his head. "Well, ok," he said. "If that's the way you want it."

The following day, the chickens were wondering where their corn was. They wouldn't think about eggs till later.