Languages are “fluid” I discovered. The original English language of Henry Higgins is probably only found among English Lords or an ancient ruling class there. This is just as well, for hens and humans alive in the modern world don’t always have time to work out what “Wherefore” actually means if someone said it.

Archaic words are like a rare bird which flies into your uncelebrated existence and asks: “Do you know where I may find some Cognac?”

         Or maybe the experience of “The Shawshank Redemption” story serves well. The prisoners are muddling around in humiliation and defeat, when Tim Robbins (rare bird) plays an opera song which sounds like beautiful birds singing in glorious celebration. Sounds are strange and breathtaking and transports you to another world. The experience interrupts your morose meditation and you are glad it did!

Shakespeare used words like “Wherefore” but according to Miriam-Webster dictionary, “Wherefore” means more like “Why?” in our modern day.

Lady is pining for her friend, Copper, as Juliet pines for Romeo. “Wherefore art thou?” accordingly cries my little hen friend. Or: “Why are you separate from me?” “What is the cause of our great divide??”