The farmer's boy . ok on himself thetask of capturing the crazy animal. The women folksseemed much distressed by the calfs performances,while the boy was so overcome with the funniness ofhis calf that lie was only halfway eflective in the last the calf aj^parcntly saw something it nevernoted before; for it stopped stock still and stretchedits ears forward as if in great amazement. Now wasthe boys chance. He stole u]) and grabbed the endof the chain; but at that moment the calf concluded itsaw nothing worlln- of aslonishnu-nl, and started offagain fidl lilt, trailing a small boy behi
The farmer's boy . ok on himself thetask of capturing the crazy animal. The women folksseemed much distressed by the calfs performances,while the boy was so overcome with the funniness ofhis calf that lie was only halfway eflective in the last the calf aj^parcntly saw something it nevernoted before; for it stopped stock still and stretchedits ears forward as if in great amazement. Now wasthe boys chance. He stole u]) and grabbed the endof the chain; but at that moment the calf concluded itsaw nothing worlln- of aslonishnu-nl, and started offagain fidl lilt, trailing a small boy behind, whose twinklinglegs never went so fast before. It was a (juestion if thingswere not in a more desperate state than they were ])re-viously. By this time- the 1x)ys fatlur and a few of theneighbors boys appeared on the seem, and betweinthem all the calf got confused, and allowed itself to bitethered once more in the m()>t docile subjection. \ouwould not ha\e thought the gentle little creature, which Autumn 123. was so mildly niljbling off the clover loaves, was capableof such wild doings. On farms where oxen were used the boy was allowedto train a ])air of steers. While the training was goingon, the bo}- could be heard shouting out his threats andcommands from one end of the town to the other. Evenold (irandjja Smith, who liad been deaf as a stone theseten years, asked what the noise was about when ourboy began training steers. By dint of his shoutingsand whackings it was no great time before the boy hadthe steers so that they were (|uite res])ectal)le. Theywould turn and twist according to his directions almostany way, and he could make them snake the clumsy 124 The Farmers Boy old cart he hitched them into over any sort of countryhe pleased. He trained them so they would trot quitewell, too. All together, he was proud of them, and be-lieved they would beat any other steers in the countyclean out of sight. He was going to take them to thecattle-show some time and see if t
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