A Rooster Tale

Bill, whose trailer I was renting, has a "man friday" who lives in a little cabana on the property, and takes care of all the gardens and trees and all the other numerous daily chores on the estate. His name is Aseidro (a-SEE-droe), and he's a short little Indian man (indigenous Mexican) who always seems to have a big grin on his face, and is always ready with a robust, friendly greeting. He has the Mexican's dream job. He gets paid 3000 pesos a month (300 dollars - a small fortune around here) and he is supplied with his own little house (luxurious by local standards). He could really get somewhere making that kind of money- buy a truck etc. - but apparently every payday he goes on a bender, spends all his money on booze for himself and his friends, comes walking back down the road Monday morning with that same big grin on his face, happy as can be to start the same cycle all over again.

Now, one of the things Bill liked about the location of his property was that were no Mexican families really close, because it seems all Mexican families have chickens and roosters, and roosters - contrary to popular myth - do not crow at the break of dawn. They crow all night long. It's just part of Mexico, hearing roosters crowing all through the night. But they're usually off in the distance, and after a while you get used to it.

Well, a couple of months ago, much to Bill's chagrin, Aseidro decides there is something missing in his life, and comes home with a chicken and a rooster. A Mexican home just isn't complete without at least one chicken and rooster, it seems. The rooster quickly took over the yard, and although he never actually attacked anyone, you got the idea it wasn't a really good idea to turn your back on him. He just had that "look" in his eye. And of course, he crowed all night long.

And he wasn't off in the distance; he was right up close, and he was LOUD! He woke me up a lot, crowing right outside the trailer in the middle of the night. When I mentioned it to Bill, he apologized, and said he didn't like the f...ing thing either, but since it seemed to be so important to Aseidro, he constrained himself to the occasional comment or joke about it.

Then, this morning he comes by my little trailer laughing, and said that we might not have to put up with that noisy bird much longer. In his usual morning meeting with Aseidro, discussing the day's chores, Aseidro had been all bleary eyed, and complaining about the rooster crowing right outside his door all night long, and keeping him awake. Sure enough, you could soon hear Aseidro sharpening his machete, and a little later when you looked around, there was no sign of the rooster. He had very quietly disappeared.

Tonight is Saturday night, and word is there's going to be a little fiesta at Aseidro's place, with a big feast, in which the main ingredient will be one cocky rooster who pushed his luck a little too far.

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