TheBanyanTree: Dances Wth Goats

[Pat Martin]

Nancylee:

What a beautiful, fun moment!   I can just picture it.

I experienced my childhood again when chasing the children at Casa Hogar as 
"The Kissing Monster" ( La monstrua de besos).  When I caught them, I would 
smother the tops of their heads with kisses as they shrieked and pretended 
they weren't enjoying it.  It was so much fun, just like your dance with the 
goats.

Aren't we fortunate that we can find so much joy in life's simple pleasures?

Pat


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From: <NancyIee at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: TheBanyanTree: Dances Wth Goats


> It was chilly this morning, which always makes the horses frisky.  I 
> turned
> them out after breakfast, and watched as they dashed and bucked and 
> cavorted
> across the pasture.  I let the goats out, and they headed for the hay and 
> the
> pond.
>
> We have five goats: a wether, three does, and Chocolate, very much the 
> boss
> man in goatland. The wether (ahem, neutered male) and the does settled 
> into the
> hay to munch.  Chocolate looked up and watched the racing horses. Then, he
> reared up on his hind legs, horns cocked, and dashed after them. I watched
> intently, worrying that he might be up to some michief.
>
> Then, he threw himself into the air, and performed a sort of twisting 
> leap,
> ala ballet. He danced on his hind  legs,  he leaped, he spun. He  made the
> horses dash about, and they cricled him.  Laughing, I could not pass  up 
> this
> weird opportunity.
>
> I ran and joined the goat in the middle of the circling horses.  Chocolate
> cast his amber eyes at me and reared again, and I thought for a moment it 
> was a
> threatening move. But,  no, he wanted to dance. With the horses running 
> the
> circle around us, Chocolate and I danced and leaped, and I hope no one was
> watching. Chocolate's twisting leaps and elaborate spins far outshined my 
> dull
> prancing. But, I danced with the  goat.
>
> I was a child again.
>
> Every now and then, there is a moment in life that takes my breath away.
>
>
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