It just occurred to me that because I had to exit the bus a few stops later, nobody ever saw where the story went after that exit. The chicken could have done a lot of things that were totally unexpected. The man could have started a conversation, let her hold the chicken, told her why he walked around with the chicken, he could even have closed his eyes, fallen asleep and leaned on her shoulder. It could have been perceived as an invasion of personal space, or it could have been an opportunity for a cultural exchange that might have, in some small way, started a change in just a few people including those that were the fortunate witnesses. Peace !