One of the boys had somehow knocked over an entire section of newly repaired fence.
The silence lasted exactly two seconds.
Then Beast sighed.
Long.
Painfully.
The sound of a man surrendering to fate.
And I laughed so hard I nearly fell over.
10
BEAST
The cow was on the roof.
I stood in the yard staring at it.
The cow stared back.
For a long moment neither of us moved.
Then I looked at the teenage ranch hands.
The teenage ranch hands looked everywhere except at me.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
"Explain."
Nobody spoke.
The cow mooed.
Helpful.
Very helpful.
I pointed at the roof.
"The cow."
Still silence.
I slowly removed my sunglasses.
The boys immediately started talking.
All at once.
"It wasn't our fault."
"It slipped."
