I woke up early in the morning same time .... same feeling.You see for an ol' rancher like me i knew that an early morning meant more time to farm and grow my crops well enough that they would be ready for springtime.Ranching took mind and perspiration you needed a good mind to know when to plant,when to harvest,and when to finally use them for food.Many of us farmers like to think we know much about crops when in fact we must learn through time that a good crop comes from weathered hands.
It was still pretty early in the day so after checking the barn to make sure nothing was stolen the night before i took our dog Sam outside for a walk.I noticed something on the way past the corn field that several of my corn stalks were trampled down by some sort of large footprints Hmph.. mustve been that damn hog always coming in to my fields eating up anything to his taste.I knew where that piggy was i just didn't have no right over him to slaughter the beast.i had gone up to the head of out town to talk with the officials about this matter they didn't pay no mind to it they said "if its not my property then keep my hands 0ff the thing".
My young ones called him Hogger because he never let any one take his food away from him.I remember one time by the creek i took my son fishing when he caught a glimpse of "Hogger" that foul beast he was taunting Jeremiah I knew it too for my son eventually tried to catch him.He said ill get him for ya pop don't
you worry ...I worried because if i couldn't gun down the sucker then how could my boy of 10 years catch em.i watched as my boy ran and ran after Hogger laughing as the pig was squealing and scurrying around the creek trying to lose my boy from pummeling him to the ground.
Now as i went back to where my corn stalks lay i started to pick up the waste and put them in the sack that i had with me.
Sam was there by my side a few feet away pawing at something beneath him I yelled to him stop it boy your going to mess up my field more then what has already been done to it.
He didn't listen he kept pawing and pawing at the dirt as if it was food i gave him a slap in his hind he whined now stop it boy i gone off and told you to stop.He whined again what boy I'm sorry now if i hurt you it wasn't something i meant to do you just got on my last strand of sanity.Now he continued to whine i looked at him what boy whats wrong i looked him in the eyes that's when i noticed the sparkle in his right eye it was gleaming bright.I looked closer then i noticed it was coming from the back of myself .i turned right quick and glanced at the .golden nugget sticking out from the dirt floor.
well ill be damned all this time he was trying to tell me he found the one thing this family needed money..I called to my wife to bring me the shovel.I started to dig Ooh boy what i found there made me real happy.A dozen nuggets of gold
with one big chunk of gold stuck to some dirt and gravel but i didn't mind i had enough money to now buy what i needed to farm well and have enough leftover
for any other things we may need for the house.
My family and i all decided to celebrate with a nice hearty meal We ate some sweet bread with some soup and chicken that was a day ill always remember for that day was when i finally learned even the most unexpected things come from those who love you like my dog Sam thanks bud.....