So they went their ways together until they met a gander.
‘Where are you going, cock?’ said the gander.
‘Going to Rome, for the world has fallen.’
‘Who said that to you, cock?’ said the gander.
‘The speckled hen said it to me.’
‘Who said that to you, speckled hen?’
‘The little chicken said it to me.’
‘Who said that to you, little chicken?’
‘It fell on my head, Smereree!’
So they went all together until they met a bull.