He looked everywhere but at the helpless rooster.
"What's what ?" he asked.

"Aw, dat?
Why--why, dat ain' nothin' 'tall, Miss Hallie.

Dat's--dat's des a _rooster_.

Yas'm." Mrs.Cary came down from the steps and looked carefully at the unfamiliar bird.

No fear that she would not recognize it if it were hers.