my gr.granddad(Earl) was 74 in 1974.My grandad(Bud)was 45.Earl lived next to a farm that had many migrant workers.He owned a 4 acre parcel still and had an old pony that he kept just to have one.One day he called Bud and wanted him to come walk the place as the horse kept getting out of the pasture.Bud stops to pick me up,Im 8. We go walk the perimeter of the place and find a few bunches of grass on the fence but nothing to short it out enough to make the fence dead.We got back to the house and Earl come out to see how the walk went.Bud reported that there hadnt been any short in the fence and all was good.Earl being of a cranky nature,slapped Bud and basicly called him a liar. Bud told me to get in the truck and stay there. I did but not untill I told Earl he was a mean old man for hitting my grandpa. He shook his fingure at me and said "I am a mean old man and dont you forget it.And your grandpa is my son and I will hit him if I see fit".I didnt hear the exchange that went on between them but Im sure I would have been educated on a few words.Funny thing is later Bud ran into the owner of the neighboring farm and asked if the horse was still getting out. The guy laughingly told Bud that the horse never "got out" at all. The migrant kids would go up early in the morning and get the horse out the gate and ride it around for awhile and knowing they couldnt return it without getting in trouble they would just turn it loose. Earl passed the next yr. Bud passed in 95. I miss my grandpa very much. He was an excellent teamster his whole life and he taught me so much. Someday I hope to have a pair of drafts that I can use as he did in his day.
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