"A Cock Crowed" - is a fascinating short story by the world famous French writer Guy de Maupassant (French: Guy de Maupassant, 1850 - 1893). Baron de Croissard is madly in love with Berthe d'avancelles, but she does not react to his courting. He has been persistently trying to get her love for a few months, she promises to be with him, if during the hunting he kills the beast in her presence.