Gilt Sparrows - a Fifty Foal Challenge
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To Katie's surprise, when she knocked once on the door, it swung open. "Hello?" she called.
"Don't mind that, the latch sticks," said the man emerging from one of the back rooms. "I was looking for something to knock it loose with. My name's Bill Pecos; I just moved here with my mare, Wolfe. Come on in out of the wet, I was just getting ready to make some dinner." Katie hid a smile at how he was chattering and came in, introducing herself. Bill rattled a screwdriver around the latch plate and closed the door again, then tugged the handle. It took a few tries, but finally the door stayed shut when he pulled. Then he bustled into the kitchen and started preparing a meal.
Katie settled on the couch and talked to him while her worked. (He'd refused assistance when she offered.) Bill was a horse lover too, and very proud of his silver Wolfe. He was well aware of the tsetse/trypanosome issue, and most interested in her description of her project. "And you say the first two foals are actually resistant to the disease? That's amazing!"
"Well, they're supposed to be, according to blood tests. I didn't actually infect them with the parasites to confirm it."
"Oh, no, of course not. And the next foal is due soon? May I come see your horses after it's born?"
"Sure, it's due any day now," Katie said,
unaware that the new colt was already there. After dinner, she thanked Bill and went home to discover her late-summer Harvest Moon.
Meanwhile Bill put on a tux and went out to ride in the rainy darkness. :shock:
Katie also discovered how famous she was locally - even the raccoons know her name!
She got home to find the new colt following Autumn Leaves around.
She gave the cat a hug, checked on all the horses, and went up to bed. In the bright morning light she got an excellent picture of Harvest with his mother, and of a Zenyatta race.
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And one more picture because I thought it was funny, although I had to enable testing cheats to teleport her back to solid ground:
Smoke(dance) on the water!
"Don't mind that, the latch sticks," said the man emerging from one of the back rooms. "I was looking for something to knock it loose with. My name's Bill Pecos; I just moved here with my mare, Wolfe. Come on in out of the wet, I was just getting ready to make some dinner." Katie hid a smile at how he was chattering and came in, introducing herself. Bill rattled a screwdriver around the latch plate and closed the door again, then tugged the handle. It took a few tries, but finally the door stayed shut when he pulled. Then he bustled into the kitchen and started preparing a meal.
Katie settled on the couch and talked to him while her worked. (He'd refused assistance when she offered.) Bill was a horse lover too, and very proud of his silver Wolfe. He was well aware of the tsetse/trypanosome issue, and most interested in her description of her project. "And you say the first two foals are actually resistant to the disease? That's amazing!"
"Well, they're supposed to be, according to blood tests. I didn't actually infect them with the parasites to confirm it."
"Oh, no, of course not. And the next foal is due soon? May I come see your horses after it's born?"
"Sure, it's due any day now," Katie said,
unaware that the new colt was already there. After dinner, she thanked Bill and went home to discover her late-summer Harvest Moon.
Meanwhile Bill put on a tux and went out to ride in the rainy darkness. :shock:
Katie also discovered how famous she was locally - even the raccoons know her name!
She got home to find the new colt following Autumn Leaves around.
She gave the cat a hug, checked on all the horses, and went up to bed. In the bright morning light she got an excellent picture of Harvest with his mother, and of a Zenyatta race.
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And one more picture because I thought it was funny, although I had to enable testing cheats to teleport her back to solid ground:
Smoke(dance) on the water!
