Rooster and Human

Yesterday, I finally got something to do in my NGO in Cambodia
my NGO builds houses for people living in poverty and transforms people's life completely
I really like the idea despite they hired a bunch of interns and have nothing for them to do

So the NGO is planning to make a legit documentary video about the successful cases
so they hired a consultant who has been making documentary short films for NGO for many years
She's an Australian lady who has stayed in Cambodia for 11 years
so the staff took us out to the fields and visit those families
just to understand a bit of their background,
meet them and see if they are good for the video
so we visited 5 families in total
and we are picking two eventually for the video production

the Australian lady can speak some basic Khmer
which is really impressive
so she started asking a few questions about their past and their new lives
and jot down some notes on her notebook
when occasionally some chicken or puppies came interrupt a bit

These houses usually do not have tables
so people just sit on the floor or chairs sometimes, if they have
so we were sitting in a circle on the floor
listening to all the inspiring stories
but there's this rooster which just can't stop running around when we are talking

As the lady speaks and tears started rolling down her face
the rooster keeps distracting me with his stupid face and stupid move
you know what I mean if you have seen a rooster before
he walks with his head poking out rhythmically
and when he stops, one of his legs hangs in the air
then he stares at you with those eyes
looking at you as if you have stolen his stuff and didn't give him back

so he keeps entering our circle
staring at us one by one
he was really interested in my friend
coz he stared at my friend for a good two minutes
and my friend was so cute that he stared back at the rooster for another two minutes
eventually the rooster got frustrated
he suddenly screams at my friend and rush towards him
the moment my friend was about to stand up and run
the rooster make a good turn and run to the other side
if this rooster was a football players
I could imagine him doing pretty well in fake tricks

At first I thought the rooster had some mental problems
coz he kept staring at a plastic tray on the lowest level of the cupboard
and kept murmuring at the plastic tray
I was thinking that this rooster was completely psychic
but when I moved closer
I saw something in the plastic tray
but it was so dark that I couldn't see clearly
(coz I hate carrots)
so I moved closer and finally I realised why he had been murmuring to the tray
there's a hen inside!
a hen with tonnes of eggs underneath her

his wife maybe?
poor hen, got a psychic husband...
he was there talking to her
softly and gently
sweetly and lovingly
his thin body contrasted with the huge and fluffy figure of his wife
his voice was complete opposite to how he yelled at my friend
well, he might make a good husband despite of his mental problem

English
I heard English
the lady finished speaking in Khmer and it's now the interpreter's turn
the lady has 3 children
two outside and one inside her
yes, she's pregnant
she lost her husband a few years ago due to HIV
I looked at her skinny figure
fragile and helpless
lonely and tired

I looked at the chickens again
lovely and sweet
blessed and happy

i felt ironic
there are few families under this roof
the dogs, the chicken and the human
and the human is experiencing the worst among all

they are fair
they have no money
struggling for enough to eat
all they have is a house with a proper roof

when money and material are eliminated
it all comes down to love, health and a shelter
no matter you are human, chicken or dogs
maybe happiness all depend on the same thing after all