Really about cows
Finally, a story that's not about Eric running with me, nor about his off-kilter standup comedy. For that matter, it's not about Eric...
It's that time of year again, folks - the K-town fair! As always, some of "our" cows had to be taken back to the Real Farm to prepare for the fair. Eric helped herd two of the girls into a horse
stall so the Farm Boys could put lead ropes on them. The Boys led the pair down the hill without incident, then came back for two more. Bad idea - the next two wanted no parts of this herding nonsense and started running laps around the paddock like NASCAR racers. Colin tried to stop one rounding a corner, and, again like NASCAR, the cow plowed straight through the fence! Boards, Boys and cows were flying everywhere (this picture was taken after things had calmed down considerably).
So, now the game was afoot on a bigger playing field - the pasture. The Boys managed to rope them heifers (ye-ha), only to discover that cows outweigh boys, and can drag boys around the field like those tin cans people tie to "Just Married" bumpers.
The Boys eventually (barely) outsmarted the cows and led them down the hill. But in the woods, one cow escaped again. Like generations of ranch hands, cowpokes and buckaroos before them, the Boys called out that manly cry: "Get Mom!"
But once the cows were caught and led out of the woods, the Boys discovered that they were not out of the woods yet - the cows escaped again, this time on the road. By this time, the activity had attracted a small crowd of neighbors and their dogs. Unfortunately, no one took a photo of cows running, people chasing and dogs barking, so just sit back and visualize.
Eventually someone, presumably Mom, brought order to the chaos, and everyone lived happily ever after.
No cows (or boys) were injured in writing this blog entry.
P.S. It ultimately was decided not to take the troublemaker cow to the fair, so look for another blog entry when the cow is brought back up the hill.
P.P.S.S. For these situations, we need a dog like "Rose": http://www.slate.com/id/2146000/nav/tap1/
It's that time of year again, folks - the K-town fair! As always, some of "our" cows had to be taken back to the Real Farm to prepare for the fair. Eric helped herd two of the girls into a horse
stall so the Farm Boys could put lead ropes on them. The Boys led the pair down the hill without incident, then came back for two more. Bad idea - the next two wanted no parts of this herding nonsense and started running laps around the paddock like NASCAR racers. Colin tried to stop one rounding a corner, and, again like NASCAR, the cow plowed straight through the fence! Boards, Boys and cows were flying everywhere (this picture was taken after things had calmed down considerably).So, now the game was afoot on a bigger playing field - the pasture. The Boys managed to rope them heifers (ye-ha), only to discover that cows outweigh boys, and can drag boys around the field like those tin cans people tie to "Just Married" bumpers.
The Boys eventually (barely) outsmarted the cows and led them down the hill. But in the woods, one cow escaped again. Like generations of ranch hands, cowpokes and buckaroos before them, the Boys called out that manly cry: "Get Mom!"
But once the cows were caught and led out of the woods, the Boys discovered that they were not out of the woods yet - the cows escaped again, this time on the road. By this time, the activity had attracted a small crowd of neighbors and their dogs. Unfortunately, no one took a photo of cows running, people chasing and dogs barking, so just sit back and visualize.
Eventually someone, presumably Mom, brought order to the chaos, and everyone lived happily ever after.
No cows (or boys) were injured in writing this blog entry.
P.S. It ultimately was decided not to take the troublemaker cow to the fair, so look for another blog entry when the cow is brought back up the hill.
P.P.S.S. For these situations, we need a dog like "Rose": http://www.slate.com/id/2146000/nav/tap1/
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