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sure that you don’t walk across the

manure pit.”

“What’s a manure pit?” Butch

asked.

“It’s where the wet manure flows

out of the barn,” I replied. “Usually

it’s wet, but it’s frozen over.”

I left to get the ax, and when I

returned, I was shocked to find both

of them standing a few feet from each

other over the center of the manure

pit. Of course, when I say I was

shocked, I mean I would have been if

it had been anyone besides Butch and

Buster.

“What are you doing out there?” I

yelled.