THE SPIRIT OF VERONA
Author: E. Verna Turner
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Without a fuzz, without much hesitation the herds of goat followed them on the trail home. They seemed very obedient and calm. Their heads are tied snuggly with rope, leash on their heads as they hold the rope tightly not wanting them to escape. The only noise they can hear on the way, "meehhhhh, meeeehhhh!))))))) which made the girls chuckled loudly.
Too many tall cogon grass, thistles of bushes with lots of thorns, weird dandy lions whose flowers are bigger than normal. Too many insects that are trying to bite their skin. Buzzing yellow jackets, bumble bees and butterflies flutter freely on the air.
"I wonder who the trolls are! Ha ha ha ha!" Elmo said which Loren quickly replied, "Maybe you are the troll Father." And they both laughed so hard. Everyone laughed heartily.
Suddenly another creepy noise along the grass. Right there where the papasan, close to the anahaw leaves so thick and so green spread like a fan, that's where the loud noise is. "Tucko ! Tuck-O! "
"Wait hold on! " Loren said. He suggested they have to stop walking. Watch your step, look at the ground." I felt a sudden tremor." He told the group to keep calm. "I hope there are no snakes around." "Most of all no hippos."
The ground was shaking a bit. Animals are running around the bamboo plantation. They saw an incredible amount of birds flying in a V-formation. Then right in front of them big lizards started to appear one by one from the long rotten logs across the anahaw tree. Then they all run away abruptly. Cade saw few feathers on the ground. He picked them up one by one. Loren identified two of them, one looks like feather of a turkey...and the other feather looks like ( he paused for a while and didn't mention the other one) Loren exclaimed excitedly, " Know what? I think we'll have turkey for the reception." I think there are too many turkey in this island. Meticulously he aimed his rifle on the spot where the big lizards ran through. That path where he thought turkeys ran away from them.
"Go ahead catch them for us!" the girls yelled at Loren. So Loren and the boys go with them while the girls tend to the goats on leash. They find out that those big turkeys are being chased away by several big lizards called chuckwalla. Chuckwalla is a big herbivorous lizard, looks like komodo dragon. Frightened by the sight of the big lizard, the girls run and dropped the harness for the goats. One goat ran away. The goat escaped pretty quick and didn't bother to chase it. They have more than enough. Loren and the guys arrived with the turkeys in their hands and manage to have the goats with them. Thankfully the rest of the goats stayed with the rest of the herd. With healthy- looking goats and big fat turkeys plus coffee berries what could they could ask for. Blessings, blessings more than enough and they thanked the Lord God for these bounty.
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