4007. The Rooster did
not run away however. Otis had fled into the woods and he assumed that the
Rooster would be right behind him, but he was wrong. Once he felt he was a safe
distance into the woods he stopped and looked around, giving the bird a moment
to catch up to him.
4008. But the Rooster
was still just a few feet from the Fowler who had not yet regained his bearings.
The bird was furiously running all over the place, up and down the encampment
and even right over the Fowler’s body. He ran over the axe and into and out of
the fire, he overturned a pot of boiling water and nearly scalded himself.
4009. Suddenly he
came to an abrupt halt and looked all around as if in a daze, as if in a
profound moment of philosophical reflection. He looked up at the sky, down at
the ground, and if you were watching him you would have sworn that he was
either in the throws of some euphoric moment, or about to have an epileptic
seizure, or both.
4010. While the bird
was so self-absorbed and lost to the land of the living, the Fowler regained
his footing, picked up his axe, and began to advance once more upon his feather
covered dinner.
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