Scene 23
Chanticleer went into the yard and soon began to cry chuck, chuck, to call his wives, for he had found a corn in the yard. Chanticleer was royal now, and no longer in the least afraid. He looked about him as grim as a lion, and marched up and down on his toes, without condescending to put his foot to the ground. Whenever he found a grain he would say chuck, chuck, chuck, and all his wives would run to him as fast as fast as possible. It was the 3rd day of May, and Chanticleer was in all his pride. He cast a glance at the bright sun, and knew by his natural wisdom that it was 6:00 ; so he crowed loudly to wake up the widow and her daughters. Ah, Madam Partlet, the joy of the world to me, hark how the happy birds are singing, and see the fresh flowers how they are all round us. I declare I am the happiest man alive!
Source: ../README.md#scene-23
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Summary
Back in the yard, Chanticleer recovers his full pride, struts among his wives, and crows at the bright May morning. The happy scene is shadowed by a rhyme that warns joy can quickly turn to sorrow.
Scene description
Chanticleer went into the yard and soon began to cry chuck, chuck, to call his wives, for he had found a corn in the yard. Chanticleer was royal now, and no longer in the least afraid. He looked about him as grim as a lion, and marched up and down on his toes, without condescending to put his foot to the ground. Whenever he found a grain he would say chuck, chuck, chuck, and all his wives would run to him as fast as fast as possible. It was the 3rd day of May, and Chanticleer was in all his pride. He cast a glance at the bright sun, and knew by his natural wisdom that it was 6:00 ; so he crowed loudly to wake up the widow and her daughters. Ah, Madam Partlet, the joy of the world to me, hark how the happy birds are singing, and see the fresh flowers how they are all round us. I declare I am the happiest man alive!
You know the old rhyme -
"After joy becomes sorrow,
laugh to-day and cry to-morrow!"
and if this tale were properly told in a book a writer might make a fine moral of it.h
Source excerpt
Chanticleer went into the yard and soon began to cry chuck, chuck, to call his wives, for he had found a corn in the yard. Chanticleer was royal now, and no longer in the least afraid. He looked about him as grim as a lion, and marched up and down on his toes, without condescending to put his foot to the ground. Whenever he found a grain he would say chuck, chuck, chuck, and all his wives would run to him as fast as fast as possible. It was the 3rd day of May, and Chanticleer was in all his pride. He cast a glance at the bright sun, and knew by his natural wisdom that it was 6:00 ; so he crowed loudly to wake up the widow and her daughters. Ah, Madam Partlet, the joy of the world to me, hark how the happy birds are singing, and see the fresh flowers how they are all round us. I declare I am the happiest man alive!
You know the old rhyme - "After joy becomes sorrow, laugh to-day and cry to-morrow!"and if this tale were properly told in a book a writer might make a fine moral of it.h
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Clean-up notes
- Preserve the inserted rhyme and tonal foreshadowing.
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- Source excerpt extracted from README.
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