4011. But a
bird has eyes on opposite sides of his head for a reason. What a bird can see
with his eyes arranged in that way I can hardly imagine, and added to that, they
have the tendency to twitch their heads back and forth every few seconds. I
presume that with the combination of the eyes seeing two different things at once
and the tendency to twitch the head back and forth all the time, they must end
up with a continually confused notion of their bird-brained universe.
4012. This much
was certain, the Rooster saw Otis crouched in the woods at a distance with his
left eye, and he saw the Fowler with the axe in his hand out of his right eye.
He had no time to think about the picture he saw, he just set off running as
fast as his little crabbed feet would move his awkward fat body.
4013. Nature,
in the form of a tree root, intervened to save him from the Fowler, and a few
minutes later he was safely reunited with Otis in the depth of the woods. Years
later the Fowler would explain how he had torn his Achilles tendon on a tree
root chasing a Rooster around. That was the story he would tell to explain his
limp, and his need to walk with a cane. This story always elicited laughter
from all his listeners, but not from the Fowler himself.
4014. The
Fowler from that day on would go through life cursing the Rooster and swearing
to avenge himself on the bird and the bird’s relatives, never for a moment
giving the Rooster the benefit of the doubt, seeing as he was only trying to
save his skin, which, as you know, is one of the best parts of a chicken.
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