Giday Gebrekidan
In the fable “The Cat and the Rooster” the
cat catches the rooster to devour it, the cat must have been planning and
drooling for long before it got its hands on the rooster. Before devouring the
rooster piece by piece the cat wants to do it in good
conscience and looks for an excuse. Yes the cat did look for an excuse, it’s a
fable.
The cat tells the rooster it has been a
nuisance to men because it crowed at night and wouldn’t let them sleep and the
cat is here to put an end to that. But the rooster had a good reply that made
the excuse unacceptable. He is doing that only for the sake of men, to help
them get up and do their daily business as usual. The cat was pissed off, it
scowled and gave the rooster a stern look of surprise. There is another
grievance the cat must address and accuses the rooster of a transgression
against nature, by mating with its sisters and mother. The rooster replied it
only does that to give men as much eggs as possible.