Flight of the Hen

   I was alone in the living room when there was a knock at the door, about 20 minutes before 10:00 p.m.  I hesitated to answer it because I had just come across an episode of the cancelled "Rake" on Fox network.  The show was doubtless a rerun but new to me since I've only seen 3 or 4 episodes.  I sacrificed the resolution of the plot to answer the door.  It was Nellie and her younger granddaughter, Cheyenne I think her name is.  Nelly said she needed help; she had lost her chicken.  It flew over the fence.  The chicken is described as white, a Leghorn, lays eggs,  and can fly.      I told her it's probably roosting in a tree somewhere, that's if her dog didn't eat it.