Ed, the Hen

Ed came home drunk one night, slid into bed beside his sleeping wife, and fell into a deep slumber.  He awoke before the Pearly Gates, where St. Peter said, “You died in your sleep, Ed.”

Ed was stunned. “I’m dead? No, I can’t be! I’ve got too much to live for. Send
me back!”

St. Peter said, “I’m sorry, but there’s only one way you can go back, and that
is as a chicken.”

Ed was devastated but begged St. Peter to send him to a farm near his home. The next thing he knew, he was covered with feathers, clucking and pecking the ground.

A rooster strolled past. “So, you’re the new hen, huh? How’s your first