Simon is the hero of this tale, charging the fox as he was chomping down on Fran’s neck and causing him to drop her in the field. When Fran came out to join the other chickens for a brief walk, Simon left the hay feeder and came right over to stand guard. He is keeping an eye out for the fox, who has not been since for a week now. He’s gone, at least for now. How curious that Simon, who has his own story, came to figure in this one. He follows the chickens all over the pasture now, a chicken bodyguard.