The Proud Rooster

 

Every morning on a farm

The Rooster would ring the alarm

And make all the animals alert

That it was time to go to work.

The Rooster would walk proudly,

And boast aloud,

That he was the most important animal around.

He said he was better than the pigs, dogs, cattle and 

sheep

Because without him all the animals would remain 

asleep.

One day the Rooster looked to the sky

And saw an eagle flying high.

As he watched the eagle soar

The Rooster’s heart was sore.

He had never been in the sky and this hurt his pride

He felt jealousy, envy, anger and sadness inside.

The Rooster began to cry,

‘The eagle has wings and so have I

We are both birds, if he can fly, then so can I!’

So the Rooster went up a mountain

He jumped off and flapped his little wings but it was all 

in vain.

Down the slope he tumbled

Though not hurt he was humbled.

So the Rooster returned to the farm

And every morning he would ring the alarm

And make all the animals alert

That it was time to go to work.

The Rooster was no longer proud.

He would not boast aloud

That he was the most important animal around.

He realised that he was no better than the cows, horses, cats 

and goats

Who worked hard every day but would never boast.

After his fall from the mountain

Never again would the Rooster be vain.