The bell above the door jingled, and in walked Mrs. Higgins, cradling a bundle of blankets. "It’s Barnaby," she whispered. "He’s lost his luster."
Two weeks later, Aris was woken at dawn, not by his alarm, but by a thunderous, healthy crow echoing from three houses down. He smiled, adjusted his glasses, and patted the worn cover of the Guide . Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery: A Guide ...
Barnaby was a Buff Orpington rooster with a personality as grand as a Victorian tenor. Today, however, his comb was pale, and he was tucking his head under a wing with a weary, rhythmic clicking in his chest. The bell above the door jingled, and in walked Mrs