On a quiet village road in the morning light, one tiny black chick decides the big rooster is not so big after all.
Again and again the little chick hops straight up in front of him, fluttering its small wings and bouncing at his chest, then lands and hops up once more — completely fearless. The rooster pulls his head back, steps in place and answers with puzzled clucks, more surprised than anything by a challenger barely as tall as his own feet.
Neither of them gives up the spot, and the morning ends the way it began: one very proud little chick, still standing tall in front of the biggest bird on the road.
Audio: "Chickens demanding food" by alys via PDSounds (Wikimedia Commons, public domain) and "Chicks and Cock Sound" by Ready Street (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) (real field recording(s) — this video uses no generated audio)
