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My brother, Mitch, and I were little at the time--he was probably seven and I was four--and Fred was his show bull. Mitch loved this bull, and he took him everywhere, to shows around the state. But one day Fred was in a pasture in front of our house and fell and broke his leg, so we had to put him down. We ended up taking him to a processing plant, and afterward we froze the meat to eat. Mitch and I have always picked on each other, and I didn't care that much about Fred, so each time we sat down for dinner after that--and I know this is terrible--I would exclaim, "Oh, boy, Fred sure tastes good tonight!" Mitch would cry, and I'd get into trouble every time.
That's the thing about growing up on a ranch. You learn early on about life, about cattle coming and going and dying and being born. While other kids were riding bikes after school or going to Boy Scout...
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