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Chanticleer and The Fox Summary

Chanticleer and the Fox is a medieval fable about a rooster named Chanticleer who lives with his wife Pertelote and their owner, a poor widow. One morning, Chanticleer has a nightmare about being attacked by a fox. Though Pertelote dismisses the dream, Chanticleer's fears come true when a fox tricks him into singing so he can catch the rooster. Chanticleer escapes up a tree but is pursued by the hungry fox until the neighbors come to Chanticleer's rescue, driving the fox away.

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Chanticleer and The Fox Summary

Chanticleer and the Fox is a medieval fable about a rooster named Chanticleer who lives with his wife Pertelote and their owner, a poor widow. One morning, Chanticleer has a nightmare about being attacked by a fox. Though Pertelote dismisses the dream, Chanticleer's fears come true when a fox tricks him into singing so he can catch the rooster. Chanticleer escapes up a tree but is pursued by the hungry fox until the neighbors come to Chanticleer's rescue, driving the fox away.

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Chanticleer and the Fox is a fable that dates from the Middle Ages.

The story started by introducing a


poor family which was led by a poor widow, they live in a little cottage shaded by trees. The widow has
two daughters, they have a very simple and patient life. They have three cows and a sheep, and rooms
for cooking and sleeping. Milk, brown bread, egg, and fried bacon are enough for them, because they
don’t have enough money to buy fancy foods. When they are sick they need no doctor, for their
medicine was all natural; freshly picked from their surroundings.

The widow ran her little household with good sense. She had a fenced yard for poultry and there she
kept a rooster named Chanticleer. Her rooster has a ruddy comb that was like a coral in color, a jet black
bill, blue legs and toes, white nails, and a burnished body flashed in its perfect mold. Chanticleer could
cheerfully crow so strong and loud that you use as alarm clock. This decent rooster was adored and
followed by seven hens. The fairest among all them was called Pertelote. She was courteous, discreet,
and companionable. Because of her characteristics she had truly taken Chanticleer’s heart.

Every morning Chanticleer and Pertelote would sing in sweetest tones and in those days them and other
animals could talk. One early morning, at dawn, Chanitcleer was sleeping on his perch next to his wife,
when he began to shift and moan. His wife, Pertelote, heard him and became upset because of the
noises. In their conversation, they talked about Chanticleer’s nightmare. Where Chanticleer dreamt of a
hungry hound with a red and yellow body and black tipped tail and ears that pounced him while he was
walking around the yard. He was frightened not just because of the physical apperance of the hound but
because of his sense that it will be true. Because of this statement from Chanticleer, Pertelote was little
turned off of her husband since she believed that men should be sturdy , wise, confident, tactful, and
sensible; in the end of their conversation Pertelote wasn’t convinced by her husband’s dream, she just
thought of it as nothing but a dream. Despite Pertelote’s intolerance, Chanticleer cited many evidences
that dreams do come true.

After their conversation, Chanticleer did his everyday chores; pecking grains and singing with a merry
voice. While he was singing, a coal-black fox who had secretely lived in the grove for three years and saw
a chance to do his dreadful plan. When Chanticleer saw the fox, he stopped his singing and raised a
ruckus to alert his wife. Him and the fox had a conversation. There they talked aboutChanticleer’s
father, where the fox described him as an honored guest in his home that performed to him. He also
said that he wants to see and hear Chanticleer’s singing skills too, because of the evidence given by the
fox Chanticleer agreed to perform. The fox fixed the rooster’s form by letting it to close its eyes, stood
on tiptoe with its neck stretched out. Chanticleer was intrigued by the flattery and when he started
singing, the fox pounced upon him and dragged him off to the adjoining wood.

The lady hens and Pertelote, who saw the event were loudly crying and lamenting. They all screamed for
help. Luckily the neighbors joined them, they were armed with sticks and rocks. The boys, girls, dogs,
ducks, hogs, and geese, left what they were doing to follow the noise created by the hens.
Even though chanticleer was frightened, he still not lose his voice. He teased the fox and when the fox
was pissed and wanted to answer him, his enemy’s grip came to loose and gave him the chance to fly
and settle high upon the nearest tree. When the fox laid his eyes again to Chanticleer, he tried to pursue
the rooster to come down from the tree and promised to not hurt him again. Despite the commitment
the fox made, Chanticleer didn’t obey him and told the fox that he will become a dunce if he will let
himself to be fooled again by the fox’s sweet words and sugared looks. The fox replied to him and
agreed on the rooster’s statement and said that he who babbles on when he should guard his toungue,
deserves to see his fortunes marred.

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