Chapter 13: Death

The day after the worst typhoon the valley had seen in years, Rock passed by Pony's farm. The sight made him stop in his tracks.

The land looked almost as bad as it did before the farmer moved there. Uprooted crops lay everywhere and tree trucks and boulders littered the landscape.

But the most horrific sight of all was the body of a dead chicken and the young woman curled up next to it.

"Pony! Are you okay!" Rock ran over to her.

Pony's tear-stained face looked up at him.

"This is Henny, "she said, "She was my first chicken."