“The egg sac hatched while they were working on other machines,” she went on, “there were baby black widows running everywhere!”
So there we were, two middle-aged men, dashing about the yard twirling ropes over our heads and chasing a pig. Both of us were pleased that no one was watching—and laughing.
So here’s the question: What is it about a mechanical breakdown that makes an otherwise kind and gentle man turn into a loudmouthed and braying fool?
Poking my head out the window, I saw the goat stuck upside down—horns wedged underneath the brake and clutch peddles—on the driver’s side floor of the Scout.
It’s a lonely feeling standing alongside the highway watching a wounded deer thrash his life out at your feet.