The story starts in a small cottage where a poor old widow lives with her two daughters. It goes on as she talks about how her life is not very interesting and that she doesn't have any special commodities. The only thing of hers that seemed to hold value to her was the roster Chanticleer. The story is told in the perspective of Chanticleer as he deals with keeping his standing. Along with Chanticleer are seven hens. The one that Chanticleer loves is the most is Lady Pertelote
Chanticleer has a terrible dream that makes him wake from the fear. He tells Pertelote that in his dream he was killed by a beast that resided in the yard. Pertelote calls him a coward and tells him that he can not love a coward. Then she goes on and blames the anger in his blood for the dream. So she gives him a medical suggestion to purge his body of the evil vapors. Chanticleer thanks her for her help, but then tells her that one of the greatest authors had told of similar events happening.
The first event that the author tells of two comrades that had to separate in a town to find logging. One found logging in a stall and the other one found logging elsewhere. The one comrade who was not at the stall had a dream that his comrade was calling out to him asking for help for he was going to be murdered in the stall where he lay. After having this dream two times in a row he had a different dream. In this dream his comrade came to him and told him he had been killed for his money. His comrade also gives the details of where his body was. The next day he learned that his friend was murdered and he found his body in the same place that he had dreamt of.
Chanticleer goes on about another story where two men were about to cross the sea. One man had a dream that if he were to set sail tomorrow like he had planned he would die from drowning. He told the other man the next morning about the dream and ask that they change the time of departure. His friend left without him that morning and half way through his trip his ship sank and he drowned. Chanticleer told more examples before the sun rose and him and his hens flew off their perch to start the day.
He travels around the yard until he saw a butterfly land upon a fox near the cabbages. He jumped up from fright but the fox was quicker with his words. The fox explained that they were not enemies but friends and all he was doing there was listening to Chanticleers songs. Chanticleer was fooled by the flatter of the fox and when he closed his eyes to sing his song for his new friend the fox attacked and grabbed him by the neck and carried him off on his back to the forest. The widow and her daughters saw and followed the fox into the woods. After reaching the safety of the wood the fox spoke and when he opens his mouth Chanticleer got free and flew up into the trees. The fox tried to convince him to come back down, but Chanticleer was not fooled twice.
Chanticleer has a terrible dream that makes him wake from the fear. He tells Pertelote that in his dream he was killed by a beast that resided in the yard. Pertelote calls him a coward and tells him that he can not love a coward. Then she goes on and blames the anger in his blood for the dream. So she gives him a medical suggestion to purge his body of the evil vapors. Chanticleer thanks her for her help, but then tells her that one of the greatest authors had told of similar events happening.
The first event that the author tells of two comrades that had to separate in a town to find logging. One found logging in a stall and the other one found logging elsewhere. The one comrade who was not at the stall had a dream that his comrade was calling out to him asking for help for he was going to be murdered in the stall where he lay. After having this dream two times in a row he had a different dream. In this dream his comrade came to him and told him he had been killed for his money. His comrade also gives the details of where his body was. The next day he learned that his friend was murdered and he found his body in the same place that he had dreamt of.
Chanticleer goes on about another story where two men were about to cross the sea. One man had a dream that if he were to set sail tomorrow like he had planned he would die from drowning. He told the other man the next morning about the dream and ask that they change the time of departure. His friend left without him that morning and half way through his trip his ship sank and he drowned. Chanticleer told more examples before the sun rose and him and his hens flew off their perch to start the day.
He travels around the yard until he saw a butterfly land upon a fox near the cabbages. He jumped up from fright but the fox was quicker with his words. The fox explained that they were not enemies but friends and all he was doing there was listening to Chanticleers songs. Chanticleer was fooled by the flatter of the fox and when he closed his eyes to sing his song for his new friend the fox attacked and grabbed him by the neck and carried him off on his back to the forest. The widow and her daughters saw and followed the fox into the woods. After reaching the safety of the wood the fox spoke and when he opens his mouth Chanticleer got free and flew up into the trees. The fox tried to convince him to come back down, but Chanticleer was not fooled twice.