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“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...”
“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. Its fun to ride sometimes, when you dont care how you smell.”
“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...”
“Gusty McCabe, tha's m' name and tellin' stories, tha's m' game, If they all ain't true I ain't t' blame, I'll tell 'em all just the same.”
“Fortunately the Omanis are generally very friendly and in no time at all, I had a knight in shining white dishdasha offering to help me.”
“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.”
