And the little chick was born under the Farmer’s hatchery lights. The chick’s nest was warm and cozy. The chick felt happy that Farmer was there to make her world so comfortable. The chick thought, “Farmer has provided. Farmer is good. Life is good.”

Chick grew up. She became Hen. Farmer gave Hen and her friends a lovely home to live in. Their home was sheltered from the wind and the cold. There was plenty to eat. Farmer protected them from predators. —”Yes, it was good.”

And life was so peaceful. Farmer stopped all the barnyard violence by sending away all but one of the male chickens. Finally, the barnyard had a sense of order. It was the same kind of order that the cows got when Farmer sent away all but one of the bulls. And that made a great benefit in Cow’s life, yes, cow?

Where’s Cow? Anyone see Cow? No doubt, Farmer has probably sent Cow to a grassier pasture.

Anyway, as with all the lucky barnyard population, Farmer has been such a help to the chickens. Unlike previous generations, chickens no longer have to be burdened with the constant raising of chicks. Without all those pesky males, Hen can now produce more empty eggs than chicks and
Farmer will make sure that the eggs are quickly removed from the chicken’s home so that the empty eggs pose no inconvenience. Hen and friends can now devote themselves to worthy barnyard causes such as promoting all the causes that can help Farmer.

And when chicks are born, they can now receive so much better care from Farmer than chickens alone could ever provide. It is noble to give one’s offspring such a higher quality of life. Farmer will care for the chicks. Farmer will teach the chicks the beautiful ways of the farm.

One day, Hen looked at the wild birds who had to forage in the woods and she felt very badly for them. Hen thought, “Farmer has provided. Farmer is good.”— She told some ducks she saw passing by about Farmer’s kindness. Sure enough, when the ducks landed in the barnyard, Farmer started to feed them too. Soon the ducks took up permanent residence in the yard and “Life was good.”

Then the chickens told some passerby geese of Farmer’s kindness. But, the geese said they preferred to make the long flights north and south so that they always had a variety of sights to see, and a variety of foods to eat. Hen thought the geese very foolish for this. “And what great misfortunes must befall the young goslings on this reckless venture in the outside world.”

The following year, a drought had made foraging for food more difficult. Then Farmer set out extra food for the geese.

“Shouldn’t Duck be here as we are telling this tale? Where is Duck?”

Anyway, when the geese swooped in, Hen saw this as her chance to help protect those innocent goslings from their reckless, wayward parents. Hen and her sister chickens let out a group cackle to alert Farmer of the Geese arrival.

Farmer and his family chased and captured the geese. It was very obvious the foolish geese did not recognize the amazing, marvelous event that had just happened in their lives.

Farmer took out a small knife and did something to their wings so that the geese would not fly away. Hen thought that a bit disturbing. But, this unpleasantness was necessary so that the geese would benefit from dependence even if these foolish geese were too silly to see that “Farmer is good. Farmer will provide.”

Later that week, Hen saw Farmer coming towards her in the distance. He was carrying an axe and was whistling a happy tune. He was probably coming to pull up that awful tree stump over by the chicken’s coop. Farmer was always so diligent about tending to the details of chicken comfort. Hen could not
help but think how Farmer looked so tall and handsome silhoetted against the bright sun. “Farmer always provides. Farmer is good. Dependence is good. Life is good, really gooood.

—Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Farenheit. Place chicken upright on a rack in a roasting pan. Cut ten slits in the skin, pull the skin away from the meat, while inserting garlic cloves in each slit. Rub Marsala sauce over the chicken. Add the following vegetables….

“Say, has anyone seen Pig lately?

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