And the Secretary said, "I will not fight for you, neither will I go to the
wilderness with you." And he went home again.
At sunset the King came home. The other Chickens had saved the best roosting
place for him; but he was angry because none of them had been willing to go to
the wilderness with him, and he fought first with one and then with another.
He was a mighty warrior, and therefore none of them could stand up against him.
And he pulled the feathers out of many of the flock.
At last the Chickens said, "We will not serve this king any longer. We will leave
this place. If Hong-Mo will not give us another home, we will stay in the
vegetable garden. We will do that two or three nights, and see if she will give us
another place to live."
So the next day, when Hong-Mo waited at sunset for the Chickens to come
home, the King was the only one who came.
And she asked the King, "Where are all my Chickens?"
But he was proud and angry, and said, "They are of no use in the world.
I would not care if they always stayed away."
Hong-Mo answered, "You are not the only Chicken in the world. I want the
others to come back. If you drive them all away, you will surely see trouble."
But the King laughed and jumped up on the fence and crowed. "Nga-Un-Gan-
Yu-Na" (cock-a-doodle-doo-oo) in a loud voice. "I don't care for you! I don't
care for you!"
Hong-Mo went out and called the Chickens, and she hunted long through the
twilight until the dark night came, but she could not find them. The next morning
early she went to the vegetable garden, and there she found her Chickens. They
were glad to see her, and bowed their heads and flew to her.
Hong-Mo said, "What are you doing? Why do you children stay out here, when I
have given you a good house to live in?"
The Secretary told her all about the trouble with the King.