The Overconfident Milk Truck and More Short Stories

By Kathy Brasby

Life in the country is often unique and filled with adventure. Whether it's the neighbor claiming a crazy rooster or a fish slapping Mom's face at the 4-H lake outing, few things happen as planned. This collection of short, short stories about rural living is humorous, down to earth, and unexpected. Whether you hold farm life dear to your heart or you'd like a journey to the life outside the city streets, these stories should brighten your day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kathy Brasby
• Release date: Jun 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311282668

Kathy Brasby

When a Colorado farm girl lists jobs that include teaching high school English, reporting for a weekly newspaper, designing spreadsheet templates for a livestock supplement dealer, and managing a parts department of a farm implement dealer, you have the makings of an eclectic life style. Kathy is married with six children and currently teaching, writing, taking many photographs, helping with her two youngest children's video career and waiting for the next adventure.

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The Overconfident Milk Truck

and More Short Stories

Copyright 2014 Kathy Brasby

Published by Kathy Brasby at Smashwords

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chicken Chasin’

Tromping on Charlie

The Guillotine Story

Where’d That Come From?

Tweedling

A Generation of Laundrists

Decorating a Cake

Just Fishing

On the Wild Side

Wagging the Dog

Outrunning the Stink

Dancing in a Mud Puddle

Looking Down

Tossing ‘Em Down

Stop At Six

Substitutes

Dedicated Ducks

Sorta Like Granola

Running Around

Just Drain It

Routine

Over the Trail

The Overconfident Milk Truck

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Acknowledgements

One day in my childhood, my mother decided that I, being a responsible first born, was way too serious.

You need a sense of humor, she told me. And she worked on that.

She may have overdone it.

The many adventures that come with living in rural Colorado make me laugh. And I hope you’ll laugh, too.

I’m glad Mom put her shoulder into this serious problem -well, the problem of being serious - and taught me to live lightly and enjoy the moments. I’m glad my dear husband has the perseverance to tolerate what he doesn’t always understand.

And I’m thankful for a family that has given me such a rich stream of stories.

Chicken Chasin’

Now I like chickens as well as most people, which is hardly at all, but they have been good for some stories over the years. Growing up on a farm has given me a rich supply of chicken stories.

My family has raised chickens for many years, enjoying fresh eggs and plump poultry meat.

I thought it was magical to discover new eggs in the layer boxes that I had emptied the day before. Every day, a new cluster of eggs warmed the palm of my hand.

But with the hens sometimes come the roosters. Hens lay eggs. Roosters crow at 4 am and, in some cases, turn aggressive.

I was under the age of accountability (determined by my lack of maturity in this case) when my little sister jumped on her bike to ride around our farmyard. She had one