A Late Breakfast at the Cow Barn

Er ye enjoyin' that great larrupin' basin of oatmeal ye have there Ray?

Mmph.

Ah see ye have slathered on a plenty of that apricot jam yer so partial to,and also there be a great many raisins there with.

Mmph.

Now take yer time and chaw it all down good Ray fer I have a matter to discuss with ye.

Mmph, mmph, mmmph-mmph-mmph, gulp....gulp.

All finished.

Yepper.

How was it?

It was delicious Red.

Good. Now Ray, where have ye been workin' this mornin. I aint seen ye about.

I been out in one of the formerly cultivated areas Red, de-seedin'.

And how'd that go Ray? Did ye get a great many?

Yepper. I got 63 bur clovers. Somehow them bur clovers got into that particular formerly cultivated area without nobody noticin' and dern if those rascals didn't seed out.

So do ye have em under control now Ray, the bur clovers that is?

Well maybe. But ye know yerself Red, how tricky deceitful them bur clovers may be.

Yepper, that they can be, both tricky and deceitful. Let's hope ye got a great many of them bur clovers. But fer the nonce Ah require that ye help Crumby do some spellin'.

Crumby!!!

Yep, Crumby has fallen behind on his spellin' and requested yer assistance. He was nice about it too Ray, said ye were far and away better qualified fer this particular job than any other hand round about these parts, better qualifed even than Rayetta.

He did?

Yepper. So after ye digest fer a minute er two, ye need to report to Crumby and hep him with his spellin'. Well, now I got to go read that dern newspaper fer a spell. Don't let all the blood run to yer stomach now, and then ferget about Crumby on account of not havin' any oxygen in yer brain like ye have reported to have happened on some previous similar occasions.

Hmmmmm. What I, Ray am cogitatin' on now, but not spellin' out loud is, Dern that Crumby!!!!! Snuffle. Hope and me was goin' to look at the presumptive shrew habitat. Snuffle.