Jerry Clower was and will always be, The Man.
I'd say the story of the reason why Marcel was late to school, I think it was Marcel...I'm not entirely sure, anyway, the reason why he was late for school was because he spent all morning cleaning out the chicken house. Because, the night before, they'd heard a ruckus in one of the chicken houses. His dad put on his house slippers, grabbed the shotgun, and stormed out of the house, because he was "gonna shoot that thing" causing the ruckus. While he was opening the door to the chicken house, standing there in his night gown(sp?), their dog cold nosed him, while he held a loaded shotgun pointed at the chickens.