King Thomas , a Rhode Island Red , broke the silence sharply at 4: 30 a.m. .. Calling his knights to order , both Chinese geese marched , tails wagging , to the side porch to inform the house of the new day , with a noise that could wake the dead !... Little Bear , Chief and Preacher , would instantly beg for their morning constitution while Templeton and Cody , our two tabbies , would sit nervously wondering what was happening ! Little Bear , master of mischief , would circle the hens in their morning exercise ritual , with a smile from ear to ear..! The sound of laying hens in utter distress would invite the rabbit dogs across the street to bay continuously which incited his four other dogs ,  German shepherds , to run their enclosure thereby waking every other dog in the northeast quadrant of Henry County it seemed ! Atlanta was a quiet country town compared to Kelleytown , Ga. in the wee hours of the morn !