Down on the farm…..
Today’s Fortune: If your desires are not extravagant, they will be granted.
I love it when my fortunes give me me good news! I had to look up “extravagant”. It means “exceeding the bounds of reason, as actions, demands, opinions, or passions.” I think pretty much everything I want is within reason, except maybe the big John Deere tractor, so it sounds like I am going to have my desires granted!
My desires were definitely granted last week. Mom bought me a whole package of farm animals! They are plastic, and they are very, very good.
I got pigs, and chickens, and horses, and sheep, and goats, and best of all, cows!! I put the cows in the back of my John Deere dump truck and took them for a ride. They really seemed to like it. I did not dump them when the ride was over. That would not have been nice.
As soon as they saw my farm animals, Bookmonkey and Peppermint wanted to play, too. We spread out all of the animals to see how big our farm was.
We decided that Bookmonkey would be a shepherd and look after all of the animals, and that Peppermint would take care of plowing and harvesting the crops. That is because Bookmonkey does not know how to drive the John Deere tractor. Peppermint does a very good job on tractor duty. He did not even run over any chickens.
As it turns out, Bookmonkey is a terrible shepherd. He let those animals walk all over him.
My job is to be the boss. Running a good farm operation is not as easy as it seems. I am definitely going to have to find another job for Bookmonkey. I think he might make a good scarecrow.
Today’s Vocabulary Words: Extravagant
4 Comments
2muchfun
Hi Noah,
If you are the boss of the farm, you need some coveralls. I’m sure your mom would make some for you. I think you would look quite handsome in coveralls. And a neckerchief. You must have one of those, too.
Bookmonkey is lying down on the job! I don’t know if he’d enjoy being a scarecrow. He would have to stand watch 24/7. Do you think he could scare away the crows? Do you have crows in Oklahoma? In your living room? I think Bookmonkey might be better at feeding your animals. That wouldn’t be too taxing on him, and he’d still have time to play with you.
ake care,
Pam
Big Monkey
Noah,
If you need some able bodied farmhands, I’d be glad to help out!
Big Monkey
Noah
Hi, Pam!
You are right! I do need coveralls, but Mom is busy making sock monkeys and dolls right now. Maybe she will make me some when she finishes. And you are right about Bookmonkey, too. He was lying down on the job, and I’ve had to replace him with the Witch pez. She is both a good shepherd and a good scarecrow. I’ve decided that Bookmonkey can be the bookkeeper. He can deal with all of the farm subsidy paperwork. Love, Noah
Noah
Hi, Big Monkey!
You would make a much better farmhand than Bookmonkey or even Peppermint. Can you drive a John Deere tractor? Love Noah