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The Cat Who Milked a Cow

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9:28 am
September 12, 2010


Beth

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A white van slowly made it way down a part gravel and part dirt trail, winding its way around curves and slinging pepples as it slid and righted itself along the way.

The dirt path seemed to go on forever. Around each curve the driver leaned forward, peering ahead to look for his destination. He went over the directions given to him in his head over and over. He was sure he was on the right road. Then suddenly on the right side of the road a pasture came into view. Leading through the pasture was a dirt path more narrow than the one was on currently. A cattle gate blocked his path. This is it he thought.

As the richest man in the northern United States got out of his vehicle to open the gate, he slid in some black sticky mud and went down on one knee. Yowwwww he cried out, my bad knee. He struggle up and made his way to the gate, limping in pain.

As he slowly steered the van through a pasture, cars could be seen up ahead in a makeshift parking lot. Behind the cars he could see a barn looming ahead. Off to the left was a paddock with horses. To the right, cows grazed in a field.

Jim Qwilleran parked and eased himself slowly from the van, being careful of his bad kneww. He stomped the mud off his shoes and made his way to the barn entrance. As he neared he could hear the lively music and happy voices coming from the barn.

He thought to himself, how did I let Jr. Goodwinter talk me into this assignment. I don't watch movies or television, I am the last person to be objective about this assignment.

2:41 pm
September 12, 2010


Beth

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Qwilleran was a believer in making the best out of a bad situation and then getting out as soon as possible, so he walked into the barn, stepping over cow patties and clumps of hay mixed with mud. There were about thirty people milling about and ten or more seated on old couches arranged in a "U" in front of the largest televsion he had ever seen. It was one of the newer High Definition flatscreen models and was, to his surprise suspended from chains from the ceiling of the barn. Amid the rusty shovels and sawhorses was a table laid with a multitude of food. He walked over to the food table and saw fried fish, hushpuppies, french fries, roasted pork, chicken that had been seered on a grill, cole slaw, potato salad, and an assortment of cakes and pies. Several children were helping themselves to food on paper plates and Qwill moved on to an area of the barn with picnic tables and benches. Several men were there staring at the television as it blared a sports program.

The Moose County Something, the local newspaper had caught wind of a new phenomenon around the county. Groups of unrelated people, friends, and neighbors having barn parties where they watched movies or sporting events on televsion. Times were hard and many families could not afford the fare to go to the movies or attend a sporting event. These informal get togethers had sprung up all around Moose county. Qwilleran did not usually act as a reporter for the newspaper, rather he wrote a twice weekly column. He might be able to turn this into a column he mused.

After speaking to several people he vaguely recognized, he excused himself and left. Yes he could get a column out of this. Descendents of pioneers, making the best out of hard times, getting together and enjoying food and conversation. But he thought to himself about the expensive flatscreen hanging from the rustic barn roof, "only in Moose County". Many people down below would not believe it. he would have to spin the column so that the descent folk of Moose county would not be made fun of.

5:53 pm
September 14, 2010


Joyce McDonald

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I can't wait to see where this goes! I like your tying this into the world's current fiscal situation. I've seen some similar events here in Texas, but not yet in a barn with a widescreen TV hung from the ceiling. That sounds just like Pickax! I would suspect Jim Qwilleran of providing the TV set, but he seems just as surprised as the rest of us.

8:17 pm
September 14, 2010


Beth

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Joyce this is based on a true story. I was invited to watch a sports event on tv at an attorney's house at a lake. I dressed up. We pulled up and it was in a old rusty dusy barn with animals underfoot and a large flatscreen tv hanging from the ceiling. I was so over dressed. It was a hoot!

4:12 pm
September 15, 2010


Beth

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Joyce, I don't know where to take this story. I jsut wanted to describe a scene I witnessed in real life that reminded me of something that could happen in Moose County. I am now at a lose where to go with it.



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