| Show f Jr r Y THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS n k Glory of Winning ti i Is Farmers Farmer's Prime Objective rr p I i By Hubbard Hoover and Isabelle sabe MacRae Hoover n Dear Hubbard and Isabelle r I have been vaguely disturbed about Jud lately He moves about briskly like a man who has many urgent affairs to attend to He has shed completely I his protective coloring that blends him hin into the landscape as part t of ot the fence or chopping block I l i I made a few cautious inquiries I of Mrs regarding I i Juds Jud's s health She said rather t t I sharply Sh y that there was nothing r wrong with Jud except that it was wasI I vi i getting on toward fair time I I found Jud back of the barn barnI I busil busily training his huge pair of oft I t red raw-boned raw oxen Howdy was wasI I aU all the thc greeting he had time for He flicked his whip ox-whip on the thet t nigh critters critter's flank and his voice I grew big with authority as he heI I sh shouted give me a haw there Ned Haw I Tell you ou Haw that's It ll ff r The great beas beasts tossed their f heads their big eyes staring wildly and their bellies heaving like vast J bellows as they settled into their yoke and started the j half loaded with bags of dirt Maybe I better explain that a 1 is a kind of sled made of i heavy planks that is used for forr r hauling big rocks off a field 9 Exudes Energy Jud rud exuded boundless energy ashe as ashe ashe he he guided his oxen and coordinated coordinated coordinated their strength into an effective effective ef ef- pulling team He coaxed cursed and commanded these huge animals to do his will i I sat down weakly on a con con- con rock and watched I was dumbfounded at this exhibition of 1 drive skill and patience Slowly II I recovered and reflected that a truly great man always has something something something some some- thing unexpected in reserve That f extra something is the true mark of genius How about giving me a lift with those dirt sacks 1 Jud shouted shouted Well Vell fill the and see what they can do with witha a b full fun load Ned and Jerry have got to beat Miles Shaw and his spotted cattle at the I fair or bust their innards a trin Juds Jud's voice crackled and stung like Uke his lean ox Before I knew it I was grabbing pound sacks of dirt and heaving them on the while Jud beamed approval Shouting AI Also o I Now Ned Now Jerry Jud I shouted his face ablaze with ex- ex The oxen tossed their tipped brass horns their eyes bulged and the moved slowly forward Juds Jud's eyes were everywhere i at once as he cracked his whip about the oxen's legs When the had advanced twenty feet Jud grinned and spoke softly to the oxen do it that'll do it All of or a sudden I realized that I had been shouting fiercely too My voice was hoarse and dry and my body ached from urging the oxen forward Jud I said what is the cash prize in this contest 1 Jud glanced at me with contempt contempt contempt con con- tempt as he shot a thin stream of or tobacco juice at a distant grasshopper grasshopper grass grass- hopper Aint you never heard tell of glory 1 he asked Believe e me Im I'm not missing the oxen pull pun at fair this tills year Ill I'll be giving my all for Ned and Jerry Jerry and and Jud Your country cousins Rex n Ann |
