Some chickens never learn.
Mason, the barn owl, had seen the whole thing, but in the light of day, it'd been left to Old Ben, the raven, to break the news to Mrs. Foster. Late the night before, Mr. Foster had not been in his roost with the flock but had been crossing the road on Farmer John's property to go see the new Bantam girls across the way when the truck had come hurtling down the lane. Farmer John, evidently too far into his cups from a night of celebrating the end of harvest, had only seen the rooster in the dark at the very last minute, swerving in a huge plume of dust into the side ditch.