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Though Lenny had won the last round with

his uncle the previous Halloween, when he asked
me if I wanted to be in on his next prank, I
declined. From my record of the pranks over the

years, his uncle had more wins than Lenny did.
But Lenny knew he could count on Butch and

Buster, and, true to form, they agreed to join him.
Their success with the cat was still fresh on their
minds, and they hoped to add to it.
"What do you have in mind this year?"

Butch asked.
"Well," Lenny said with a sly smile, "I just

happen to know that Uncle has an electric fence
charger in his barn, along with some fence wire.
My mom sent me to get milk from him down at

his dairy barn, and I decided to do some scouting
around for an idea while he was busy milking.
That's when I saw it. I hadn't ever seen it before,

so I checked the old charger just to make sure it
worked."
"Did you touch it?" Buster asked.

"Do I look daft to you?" Lenny said. "I put
on some thick gloves and plugged in the fence

charger. Then I spat on a piece of hay and

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