Are there any cats for my horses to ride?
“When it’s midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the shed
And the river tells a story
At the window by my bed
If you listen very closely
Be as quiet as you can
In the yard you’ll hear him
It is the pony man”
For the complete lyrics, go here.
Ebily-ford, cub odd in. This is a thread just for me. Well, me and Happy, EddyTeddyFreddy, leechbabe, Blonde, NoClueBoy, 30 horses a pony, a goat, a mini mare … (wait, was is that, a horse from Austin Powers?) A mini donkey named Dudley. Beady-looking, creepy-eyed guinea hens. And one goose.
(HONK!)
Make that two hard-boiled eggs.
But you said you weren’t bringing any cats, right? Ride? … AHHH-CHOOOO!
Cats? Did someone say cats??
Atchoo! Bless you!
Blonde I see your cat’s in all their cuteness and raise you
We used to have a wild turkey at the barn. She moved in last Thanksgiving. I am not making this up. I have the photographs to prove it.
Tommie Girl tried to join the guinea hens’ flock but they chased her away, even though they were maybe a third her size. I told you they were mean.
Tommie spent her winter hanging out in the barn with the horses. Well, it was warm, and she got to peck up the grain the horses dropped.
In the spring, the turkey made a nest under the hedge by the driveway, and began laying eggs. She laid about a dozen. Turkey eggs are BIG. None of them ever hatched, but it wasn’t for lack of trying on her part. Tommie was a good mother hen – brooding for hours over her eggs, leaving the nest just long enough to snatch up some food.
And then…
One night…
Mr. Fox paid Tommie Girl a visit. In the morning, all that was left were a few scattered feathers.
RIP, Tommie Girl. We miss you!
green_bladder, do me a favor. Run behind the barn and see just what in heck the Pony Man is doing with them horses. We’ll have none of that in my thread.
Oh, noooooo! I can’t get the dander out of my screen!
aaaaaahhhhh-CHOOOO!
Oh no, I think one of those cats has missed the litter box.
Peeee eeeew that smells!
No, I won’t bring our cats… Sebastian (the Marmalade Maurader) is out on the back porch with mr. emilyforce, and Domino (the Pasha) is off sulking somewhere because we won’t let him eat the kitten’s food.
Can our dog Ben try herding Dudley? He’s s’posed to be a Shetland Sheepdog but it turns out he’s afraid of sheep.
BTW, leechbabe, cats do not “miss” the litterbox; they opt not to use it, usually in order to make a statement of some kind.
Well, I for one am very glad I found this thread. I haven’t had a good pony ride in years.
[Monstre arrives]
[looks around graciously]
[drops trousers]
Please folks, no crowding…
Better use the wide-angle lens, ma’am…
Why certainly I’ll autograph your… er… gift set, miss. Never let a fan, especially such a lovely one, go unsatisfied - that’s my motto. 
I’m getting all sorts of troubling vibes from the fact that Monstre drops trou right after a request for a pony ride.
Monstre, it must have been the livestock that made you want to tell a cock-and-bull story.
Ack! Horrible way to simulpost!!
[quickly zips up]
emilyforce, Ben can try herding Dudley all he wants, but when a mini donkey decides he’s not moving, HE’S NOT MOVING. He will, however, bray when annoyed. I suggest you bring earplugs.
Satisfying Andy Licious, you wouldn’t happen to have any trouble being around hay, would you? Should I stock up on Kleenex?
I hate cats.
I also hate donkeys.
I do, however, love Satisfying Andy Licious. mmmmmm.
Who does the donkey bray to? Yahwey? Allah? Ra? Isis? Gaia? Morgoth? Eru? Kirk? Bhudda? His own belly? A Jesus shaped tortilla? I’m hungry now.
Oh… BRAY!
NOT pray.
:smack:
I’m also allergic to the furry friends, but i have weapons to fight back!
I got a big pack of allergy-pills. Anyone want some?
It’s like this, Andy:
Ever try running down the street stark naked and shouting to people not to look? Me thinks you’d have more googly eyes on you than on the terrifying red-eyed guinea hens EddyTeddyFreddy has.
So trying to have a thread all for yourself is…well…futile attempt.
But it does give the rest of us somewhere fun to play