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to laugh.  I had never seen an animal


       that was such a prankster.

               I let go of the wire and started


       walking slowly to him, knowing he

       would spill all of the staples if he


       dropped the bucket.  “Okay,

       Cashmere, give me my bucket of


       staples.”

               Cashmere kept backing away.


       When I was almost up to him, I

       lunged for the bucket.  He spun as he


       had before and took off across the


       pasture with the bucket in his mouth.

       He kept his head turned to the side as


       he ran so the swinging bucket didn’t

       hit his long legs.  I knew very well


       what was going to happen, and ran

       after him.  Sure enough, after about


       75 yards he dropped the bucket as he

       thundered on his way.  When the






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