The document summarizes a story about a proud rooster named Chanticleer who dreams of being caught by a fox. When he tells his favorite wife Pertelote about the dream, she dismisses it as indigestion. However, the fox has been plotting to trick Chanticleer, just as he previously tricked Chanticleer's parents. The fox flatters Chanticleer into singing for him, then snatches and carries him off into the forest. Chanticleer convinces the fox to open his mouth, allowing Chanticleer to escape to the safety of a tree.

1. One of the tales by a pilgrim going to
Canterbury Cathedral

5. (may be spelled Chanticleer)
a proud rooster who dreams
of his approaching doom in
the form of a fox.

6. He
wake
s his
favori Pertelote, the chief favourite among his seven
wives.
te
wife
up! Pertelote, his favorite
among his seven wives

7. •She assures him that he only
suffers from indigestion
•chides him for paying heed to a
simple dream.

8. Chauntecleer recounts
stories of prophets who
foresaw their
deaths,dreams that came
true,

9. There was a A fox,
full of sly
intentions,, who has
previously tricked
Chauntecleer's
father and mother
to their downfall,
lies in wait for him

10. The Fox’s Plan
the fox plays to his prey's inflated ego
He insisited that he
would love to hear
Chauntecleer sing just as
his amazing father did.

11. The Chanticleer
Stood on tiptoe with neck
outstretched and eyes closed.

12. He was promptly snatched
from the yard in the fox’s
jaws and slung over his back.

13. As the fox flees through the
forest, with the entire
barnyard giving chase,

14. Chauntecleer suggests to
his captor that he should
stop and tell his
pursuers to give up.

15. The fox opens his mouth to taunt or
tease his pursuers.

16. Chauntecleer escapes from his
jaws and flies into the nearest
tree

17. The fox tries in vain to
convince the wary
rooster of his
repentance and that he
won’t get him again..

18. But Chanticleer now prefers
the safety of the tree and
refuses to fall for the same
trick a second time.

19. SOME NOTES
The word Chanticleer comes
from Middle English
chauntecler, from Old French
chantecler - from chanter, "to
sing" (like chant) + cler, "clear."