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"I told your brother, today, November 17 I was clear on that"
"Well, no s out "You’re here now Let’s round theet to work"
"Who’s the skirt?" Beef jerks his head htens his jaw "Miss Myers Nurse Becky Myers She’s going to write down the nu Dr Bluet the butt-end where I can get kicked Sounds fair"
Isaac steps forward and folds his ar if he h pose on purpose or if it’s just by accident
Thirtycoffee in silence on the porch with Aran’s cos across the field driving a strea with the his arms back and forth like a windmill
"Thanks," I say to hborly of you to keeplady with a lined face and dishwater hair that she keeps twisting in ropes She responds with a stiff s on down at the barnyard Theand swearing as the big animals occasionally step on soainst the fence, al him, but Aran pulls it away
"Cocksucker!" says the vet, shocking the pants off hs Thechute, three at a ti a whip, and he smiles when the leather hits the aniet to work" I set ainI’ain, Cora"
One by one, Daniel injects each anien just under the skin He reads the cow’s number from a clip behind its ear and I write it down In three days ill return If the animal has TB, a ill appear where the needle went in, and the coill have to be slaughtered
We work together, becooes on, and finally the yard clears and the ani takes about two hours, and by the time we’re done, the men are exhausted so I offer to drive home
"So we’ll see you in three days? What time? We’ll try to have the animals rounded up," Aran offers
"About nine," the vet answers
"Better be here when you say you will," threatens Beef
Or what? You’ll beat us all up?
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I take another sip of spearmint tea, made from Patience’s dried herbs, and stare out the kitchenThere’s a wind co in from the north and it’s cold The sky is pale blue and the trees are all bare, all except the spruce on the mountain
The experience at the Bishop brothers’ far about how functional Dr Bluuys I et aith being an invalid Like a child, he needs new activities to build up his skills That’s why I asked Daniel for a pocketknife