Prompt 334 Never Say Die
Title The Chicken or the Egg
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Never Say Die
Word Count 250
Warning none
Summary There is honor among thieves
The farmer was frustrated. Every morning his wife went out to collect the eggs. For the last week no eggs. Something or someone was collecting the eggs in the middle of the night. Something that did not wake up the hens, the dog or any member of his household.
The thief would have to be stopped. Whether man or beast poaching on a man’s livelihood was too much. The farmer devised a trap. To bait the trap he set out one of the hens. Surely, the culprit could not resist the lure of a hen.
Inuyasha stared at the hen. The trap was obvious. The hen was tempting. He had not eaten fresh meat in some time. The eggs kept him from starving. With the hen he could have all the eggs he wanted without worrying about getting caught stealing them.
He looked again at the hen. If he took the hen, the farmer might starve to death. He knew hanger and what it could drive a man to do. As much as he wanted the hen, he could not in conscience
take it and leave the farmer and his family to starve.
The next morning the farmer found the trap empty except for a note saying that the hen had been returned to its roost. ,The farmer swore. Then he realized he was lucky. The thief could have taken all the hens and left him to starve. The thief had honor. He would not begrudge him a few eggs.
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Never Say Die
Word Count 250
Warning none
Summary There is honor among thieves
The farmer was frustrated. Every morning his wife went out to collect the eggs. For the last week no eggs. Something or someone was collecting the eggs in the middle of the night. Something that did not wake up the hens, the dog or any member of his household.
The thief would have to be stopped. Whether man or beast poaching on a man’s livelihood was too much. The farmer devised a trap. To bait the trap he set out one of the hens. Surely, the culprit could not resist the lure of a hen.
Inuyasha stared at the hen. The trap was obvious. The hen was tempting. He had not eaten fresh meat in some time. The eggs kept him from starving. With the hen he could have all the eggs he wanted without worrying about getting caught stealing them.
He looked again at the hen. If he took the hen, the farmer might starve to death. He knew hanger and what it could drive a man to do. As much as he wanted the hen, he could not in conscience
take it and leave the farmer and his family to starve.
The next morning the farmer found the trap empty except for a note saying that the hen had been returned to its roost. ,The farmer swore. Then he realized he was lucky. The thief could have taken all the hens and left him to starve. The thief had honor. He would not begrudge him a few eggs.