I used to go all the time when I uz yore age. In Kansas City. Woods wuzn’t fur away. Used to go—a whole crowd of us—ever Sunday. Set on the ground ... real ground, ’stid o’ pavement ... with grass a-growin’ out of it. First I’d ever saw. We thought it wuz fine. You’ve missed a lot. Lloyd Lloyd Yes’m. I guess so. But I’ve had fun. I been out with Paw a lot—drivin’ cattle. He buys ’em up differnt places—Verdigree, Foyil, Sageeyah, even ’s fur away’s Pryor Crick. Nen we saddle up our horses’n go out ’n drive ’em in to ship to the market at St. Louis. [Pg 27] [Pg 27] Elly Elly W’at’s fun about drivin’ cattle? Sounds like work t’ me. Lloyd Lloyd Well, it’s work. And it’s fun, too. Elly Elly In winter, looks like you’d freeze yer ears off.... Lloyd Lloyd We don’t drive ’em much in winter. Elly
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