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Dazed, she stumbled her way to the

gate with me holding one arm around

her while keeping the shovel at ready

in the other, never letting Dader

completely out of my sight.

Brenda reached out and grabbed

the gate to climb over, but gasped in

pain. I could tell something was

wrong with her hand, so I set the

shovel against the fence where I

could grab it quickly, and I started

unhooking the gate.

Whether Dader saw me put the

shovel aside and thought it was his

chance to renew his attack, I don’t

know, but once more he moved

toward us, rearing and snorting. I

quickly grabbed the shovel and only

had to raise it to cause him to retreat.

I was finally able to unlatch the gate,

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