I couldn't believe the human was trying to starve me. I just couldn't believe it. When I was so hot and pregnant, I kind of quit going out to pasture. The human would bring me hay when everyone else had gone down. She was feeding me and Scarlet and Minnie (because she's a neurotic baby). She was so nice about it. Then I had the kids and she was feeding me hay. Wasn't that sweet of her?
After a few days, she quit giving me hay. I tried to go out to pasture, but the gate was closed. I couldn't get food. When I wasn't watching, she must have let everyone else out there because it was just me and Minnie left in the barnyard. For a week and a half I've been surviving on nasty barnyard weeds.
Finally, I begged for her to feed me. It was so cruel. She just said, "Go out to pasture." That's what she'd been telling Minnie this whole time. I begged again. Then finally, she took me by the collar and led me through the barnyard. We turned and then I saw grass.
Grass never tasted so good. I knew she wasn't really trying to starve me. I just didn't know what she meant when she told me to go to pasture. Minnie followed us and just stared as I devoured the grass.
Finally, the human convinced her it was okay for her to join me.
I thought she was going to try and eat the same piece of grass I was after. But she was just as hungry for good food as me, and she's neurotic, so I had to hold her hoof. We kept eating until we got to the end of the lane.
When I looked up, this is what I saw.
There was a whole hill of grass. I couldn't believe it. We kept going.
There were rose bushes and gooseberry bushes, but they had mostly been eaten off. It was true what everyone else was saying about a green lush land over the hill. I thought they were making this up, that it was a fairy tale.
When we got to the top of the hill, I finally saw them. Everyone but Minnie and I had been going out to eat every day while we were barely getting by on those horrible weeds.
"I told you so," taunted Meg.
Some of them were even across the ditch. I kept asking Pebbles why they had muddy hooves. I just didn't really believe there was such a ditch and such a pasture and all this food. Really, they were eating across the ditch. They were running and bouncing and having so much fun.
The llama was laying there under a tree. He didn't really look too happy about all of us goats in the pasture with him.
The boys were in the pasture across the fence. I knew I'd seen them by the gate when I couldn't get through it. They looked like they were enjoying the food too.
Oops! It looks like Betty Lou about fell in the ditch.
Poor muddy Betty. Hrmmph. They should all fall in the ditch for not telling Minnie and me about this place. I knew the human wouldn't starve me.
Look, even the bovine are out here enjoying the pasture beneath the full moon. Food! I have delicious food again.
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