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Tales of the Animals on a Borrowed Farm: Rachel

Rachel, the Girl beside the Farm

The name of the little girl who lived beside the farm was Rachel. She lived in a white cottage with her parents and her older brothers. Rachel had the fresh mind of a farm girl, and it was not very long before she became a close friend to Bear’s family. Every day after school, she would go home, drop her books, change her clothes, and run up to the farm to join Bear’s children.Rachel loved being on the farm with Bear’s children, and by and by, she came to love...

Spring

Oh, the joys of spring! It can hardly be described! Everything seems so alive, so full of spirit, so vibrant and full of colour. The plants, trees, and grass quiver in the wind, sway with the breeze, and seem to be rippling with laughter due to their sheer pleasure in coming to life and breathing the fresh air of a spring morning.

These were my very thoughts while I was out walking on a bright, sunny afternoon, in the hayfield behind the woods. The air was scented with the fresh breath of pine...

Tales of the Animals on a Borrowed Farm: Brownie

Here is the next part of the Tales of the Animals on a Borrowed Farm. I felt that I must post this soon, for I have so many new things to write about; I am afraid that if I do not get them written down, they will escape my memory like a bunch of jailbreakers!

Enjoy!
...BrownieBrownie was a Nubian goat. Goats of her breed did not grow big horns, and were, therefore, very gentle. When Bear bought Brownie, she was just a kid. She lost her mother, so she had to be fed milk from a bottle. Brow...

Tales of the Animals on a Borrowed Farm: Captain William Hook

I was eagerly awaiting this day; I was tempted several times to publish this post before but I forced myself to wait. I wanted to maintain a reasonable schedule for posting because I know the day will come when I will sit there, my fingers poised over my keyboard, but my mind empty of all interesting thoughts.
So, here I am again, ready to post some more of the following adventures of Bear and his family. When Bear and his family commenced farming, they started on the most adventurous endeavou...

Tales of the Animals on a Borrowed Farm

As I sat at my writing desk, my pen poised in the air, I wondered how to begin my farm tales. One couldn't just plunge right into the middle of the action, for then no one would know who was who or what was going on!
All kinds of thoughts flitted in and out my sleepy brain like those slow-motioned dust specks swirling in the sun, and then an idea hit me. I would start with something I had already written, something about animals on a farm, something that was more or less ready, something...

Where I Live

Our farm is situated in the south-eastern part of Ontario. It is the first and only farm I've ever lived on, and believe it or not, I am, relatively, a novice farmer. (That's what makes almost everything so hilarious and heart-touching at the same time.) Our farm consists of rolling hills and patches of forest similar to the one in the picture, and in front of the lovely and quaint farmhouse, across the road, are the barn and sheds. 
The gently sloping hills are a winter-time favourite wi...