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[Silver Creek Slim]

"Duke, ya look much better."

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Duke figures that since it's the Holiday Season, Delmonico might be spending more and more time dressed in a ball cap and jeans and helping out around the shop, so he picks up the ball and drops it at Slim's feet with a hopeful wag of his tail.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim picks up the ball. "Are ya ready, Duke?" Duke barks once. Slim throws the ball. "Fetch it up!" Duke runs after the ball.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Slim exhibits the ball he had hidden behind is back and smiles devilishly.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim exhibits the ball he had hidden behind is back and smiles devilishly.

Ya tryin' ta get me in trouble, again? 

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Duke stops, midrun, and turns around. Eyes narrowed, he trots back to Slim with that "You faked the throw" glare.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Slim exhibits the ball he had hidden behind is back and smiles devilishly.

Ya tryin' ta get me in trouble, again? 

Yup 

can't say I ain't honest 

[Silver Creek Slim]

This time, Slim actually throws the ball.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The ball bounces away, splashing into the creek. Duke gleefully takes after it, then all is quiet for a few minutes. When Duke returns, he has the ball in his mouth and is herding along a bawling calf.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Well, Duke, ya might turn out ta be a cow dog, too." Slim graps the calf. "Where's your mother, little one?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The calf just looks up at Slim with those big ol', sad cow eyes, then licks his face. After a moment she attempts to suckle at his nose.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim saddles his horse, puts the calf over the saddle, and mounts his horse. "Well, Duke, let's find it's mother." Slim and Duke head back towards the Dismal in search of the cow.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Duke gives that funny cock to his head as Slim puts the calf on his horse, then takes off with them, sniffing around for the cow. He scents a rabbit and takes off after then, but comes back after a few minutes.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"That Jack a little too fast fer ya?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Duke gives Slim a "it was a bunny, not a cow" look, then goes back to sniffing. When they hit the Dismal, he forgets about the cow again, swimming around in circles and hunting for ducks or geese or sticks, or even funny ripples in the water that he can bite.


(AnnieLee knows this stuff because one of her dogs does this kinda stuff.)

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Duke, where did ya find the calf?"

[Delmonico]

Slim and Duke get back with the mother of the poor lost calf, but the calf is no where to be found!  However there is a wonderful smell comin' from the cook camp.  Slim bein' from Wissyconsion reconizes that wonderful smell, it is Viener schnitsel.      Slim gets a funny look on his face as he realizes what has happen.  He left the calf near the cook camp and he fergot ta tell the cook not to cook it.  Now Slim really has some splaining to do.

The calf hid with no brand is layin' in camp, the cow is nuzzlzin' the hide, the hide has no brand, the cow has a brand, but it ain't Slim's and the owner of the branded cow is watchin' Slim drive the cow inta camp and lookin' at the whole affair from the cook camp where he has been waitin' fer dinner.

(Annie I still get to wear a real hat, but I don't wear my open crown one.  I found out the celin' is kinda low upstairs in the backstock.  Also I just put my pants legs over my stove pipes. , no spurs or peeestol though.)

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim saddles his horse, puts the calf over the saddle, and mounts his horse. "Well, Duke, let's find it's mother." Slim and Duke head back towards the Dismal in search of the cow.

I think ya missed something there, Delmonico. 

[Delmonico]

Are you sure you didn't modify it?  If ya didn't I poligize.  They are workin' again today and the tuba and acordian music is drivin' me crazy.

And I was already fer veal, hard to get now, but if I say why I'll go inta one of my ragin' discourses about PETA people, and folks like them.  And it ain't good fer me ta froth all over the keyboard.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

( I just finished a salad with chicken, walnuts, and dried cherries in it for lunch, and now I want veal, too!)