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Going To The Fair A farmer owned a large bull who was very big and strong and had a very high opinion of himself. One day the farmer’s bull was being lead to the fair, the bull thinking he would naturally be judged the best and gain first prize. On the way they passed a field in which there was a horse who thought, “I wonder where they are going?” then jumped over his fence and followed the bull to the fair. The horse and the bull then passed a sty with a pig in it and the pig thought, “Food!” and broke out of his sty and followed the horse, and bull to the fair. After a while they passed a field with some sheep and the sheep thought, “Baaaah!” and broke through the hedge that enclosed their field and followed the pig, the horse, and the bull to the fair. The farmer saw his sheep, the pig, the horse, and the bull walking along the road and thought, “I must get my sheep back into their field,” and followed the sheep, the pig, the horse and the bull along the road to the fair. Then the farmer’s wife saw the farmer walking along the road behind the sheep, the pig, the horse and the bull and said, “Silly old fool, I ought to see where he is going!” and followed the farmer, the sheep, the pig, the horse and the bull to the fair. Then the farmer's dog saw the farmer and his wife walking along the road and thought, “Perhaps I should follow them,” and followed the farmer and his wife, the sheep, the pig, the horse, and the bull along the road to the fair. When they got to the fair the bull turned round and was very happy to see the horse, the pig, the sheep, the farmer, his wife and dog and thought they had all come to see him gain first prize at the fair. But the dog said, “I was just following my master and his wife. And the farmer’s wife said, “I was just following my silly husband.” And the farmer said, “I just wanted to get my sheep back into their field. And the sheep said, “Baaaah!” And the pig said, “I thought they were all going to get some food!” And the horse, being inquisitive, said, “I just followed the bull to see where he was going.” And the bull was very unhappy because he really did think they had all come to see him gain the first prize at the fair. Barry Stebbings 08/21/18
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