“Little Joe was still behind him. Eli could feel it. He wanted to look back, but he couldnt. The tears were too close. If he were Fancy, hed turn around and kick and buck and moo and do just about a...”

“Milkers dont spend half as long with their mothers." Eli spread his chore coat over Little Joe. "Not more than a few weeks. Sometimes one day. Maybe not even ... If you were a peeper, itd be even w...”

“Pa never told stories like Grandpa. Or treated the barn like family. Eli knew how Grandpas own pa had built the barn by hand, hauling bluestone for the foundation behind a stubborn ox with horns as...”

“They got a manure machine in there,” Keller said. He went up to the barn and peeked through a hole between tow boards. “On wheels. It’s fun to ride sometimes, when you don’t care how you smell.”

“Milkers don’t spend half as long with their mothers." Eli spread his chore coat over Little Joe. "Not more than a few weeks. Sometimes one day. Maybe not even ... If you were a peeper, it’d be even...”

“Little Joe was still behind him. Eli could feel it. He wanted to look back, but he couldnt. The tears were too close. If he were Fancy, hed turn around and kick and buck and moo and do just about a...”

“Katrina held Bram in her arms, speaking softly, reassuringly, as they approached baby Modoc.This was an important moment, a beginning, for she knew the boy would spend his life with animals, especi...”

“Pa never told stories like Grandpa. Or treated the barn like family. Eli knew how Grandpas own pa had built the barn by hand, hauling bluestone for the foundation behind a stubborn ox with horns as...”

“#1487: Hug a cow.”

“She says its wrong to be frittering away my hours asking questions when theres work to be done. But I dont see how a question can be wrong. Can you, Pa? Ma says the Bible sets out whats right and w...”

“Thanks cows. I appreciate your tastiness.”