Memory like a Billygoat

Hey cousin,

I saw your piece on the rain and ain't it the truth, we needed it something terrible. We are still getting it up here, but I ain't hankerin to go walking in it b'gosh.

You know, evertime I think about the summer rains, I think about that time when Earl went up to put the critters in the barn before a lectrical storm. Earl has got into goats since we talked last. He had goats all over the place. Babe nor Louie didn' like 'em one bit. Goats'll eat enything they can reach or smell. (I stay outa their way). Ennyhow, Earl had these goats and amung 'em was these two of the Billy specie. One of them was real mean, he was older. The younger one was trying to learn to be mean and evertime Earl would go into their pasture, they both would rare up on their hind legs and come at him like freight trains and try to knock him over. Well, Earl tried carrying a big stick with him, but it didn't make no matter, they knocked him down ennyway. Earl told me he was gonna git rid of 'em both. But I di-gross, Earl went out to put everbody in the barns. Louie and Babe was already in their'n so he went on up to the goats' pasture and went in. Young Billy saw him and went for him just as Old Billy was standing up from a nap. Earl didn't have no stick, so he just held out his hands and yelled, "Stop" at young Billy. Just then, lightning struck that Billygoat and splattered him all over that part of the pasture. Earl was blinded and deafened both and he staggered back to the house and clom up the steps to the porch. His feet was burning and numbing and I reckon he had had a close call. Old Billy went into his barn on his own I guess.

Ever since that day, Old Billy had a new respeck for Earl. Whenever Earl would go into the pasture, Old Billy would back up and hang his head. If Earl was to raise his hands within eyeshot of that goat, Old Billy would fall down and sull like a possum. You know, sullin for a possum is a defensive mechanism (liberry word) that they use when attacked by a fox or dog or a man. A possum will go unconcious and won't stir, no matter what happens to him until the danger is passed, then he will git up and go about his business. We called it sullin a possum, cause that's what we had to do when we caught one in a rabbit gum and had to git him home. We would just poke him with a stick a couple times, and he would sull right down. You've heard the saying, "She got her feelins hurt at the corn shuckin and jist sulled up".

Well, Old Billy will sull evertime Earl shows him his Almighty Hands and treatens another crash and thunder. I perceive it is some indication (liberry) that Billygoats have got a kinda good memory. I have a saying for enybody which has good recall that they's got a memory like a Billygoat.

I haf to stop now and go gather the eggs. Louie will stand guard at the chickenhouse until I have gathered ever last one of them. I missed one last week one day, and that chicken barked at me like he was so disgusted with me until I found the egg and my ears was jist a-ringin. He will go for a patrol after I git them eggs.

I like this here bloggin, I will write something whenever ennything happens roun here.