by Laurel Barker

Created on: January 25, 2009

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Annie the ranch keeper was pondering about what to do today. These old barnyard cats are keeping those nasty mice and rats out from underneath the barn. Clever shouted Annie, Clever was Annie's pet cat. He was just getting ready to pounce on some rodent in the barn, when Annie came in and quickly picked her up, she was surprised! While Annie was holding her, Clever the cat was purring and meowing as Annie petted her soft black coat. Annie had other barnyard cats but they were colored brown and striped and Clever the cat was completely black. She was so hard to find in the dark, only for her bright green eyes could you spot her. All of sudden she heard her dog named Maverick barking in the distance so she ran quickly to see exactly what he was barking at. To her surprise there was nothing there and Maverick just wanted Annie's attention. You funny dog said Annie to Maverick. So Annie sat down on the front porch of the ranch and Maverick the family dog sat down quietly beside her. Good dog, said Annie. When our friends came over Maverick was a good and friendly pet dog but his tasks around the ranch were difficult as everyday he rounded up sheep and cattle and watched the ranch day and night. We all loved him. Maverick had only one other dog friend who lived at the Jones ranch, and he was a labrador retriever named Stallion. Great dog, as he catches alot of wild rabbits around the farm and brings them home. We keep them in the barn amongst the hay and sometimes we have rabbit stew for dinner.

Later on in the day, Jed and Tom decided to go hunting. So they saddled up on their bronco's and headed yonder to go hunting. They followed the path's that were already trailed by warriors of the past. The forest was very dense with trees and bush and we had to use a knife to chop them down. We travelled through cattle ranches which must of been several thousand of acres and passed large herds of cattle and grassland. We spotted a moose in the lake, we did not stop to round him up as we did not have our canoe to reach him. As we reached the mountains we saw the big horn sheep grazing in the grass. Dad said Tom, we should go a fishing soon and catch us some cod, or even some herring to eat. Yeah!, yelped Tom we will go a fishing. Hey look dad a reindeer herd! So away we went straight into the pack of deer with our lasso's yelling ride them cowboy and we grounded them and threw them to the ground one by one. Our lasso's wrapped around their horns and we

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