Old Butch

John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several
hundred young layers (hens), called pullets and eight or ten
roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs.

The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went
into the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time
so he bought a set of tinybells and attached them to his roosters.
Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance,
which rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill
out an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells.

The farmer's favourite rooster was old Butch, a very fine specimen
he was, too. But on this particular morning John noticed old
Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!

John went to investigate. The other roosters were chasing pullets,
bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would
run for cover. But to Farmer John's amazement, Butch had his bell
in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job
and walk on to the next one. John was so proud of Butch, he entered
him in the county fair and Butch became an overnight sensation among
the judges.

The result...The judges not only awarded Butch the "No Bell Piece
Prize" but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.

Clearly Butch was a politician in the making.. Who else but a
politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly
coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on
the populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention?