"Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side." – Atticus Aristotle
(robot artist interpretation)
Did I mention the time I was walking through my neighborhood and saw a couple walking their goats?
I'm in a mostly urban area, and besides the occasional clucking of a chicken, front yard garden, or big truck, I don't see farm lifestyling around. I mean, I sometimes see foxes, once a woodchuck, and another time saw a deer in my backyard, but for the most part it's lawns, dogs, and cats. (fun fact: I do live in an area with an above average raccoon population. Lots of trash pandas according to the reports.)
As I was saying, I was out for an evening stroll and across the street from me was a couple, each one with a goat on a leash. If you've ever seen goat videos, they jump all over and these two were no different. The street we spied each another on is relatively busy, and these goats were jumping way up, like 3 feet off the ground, straining to cross the street and visit me. It was hilarious. This couple were not big people. It was all they could do to keep their goats out of traffic.
The moment passed and I never saw them again.
Fast-forward to last night. I am walking back from viewing the movie Napoleon, (wait for video) and a post-movie discussion. It's late and cold, and I'm taking side streets, trying to pick the flattest route home. Walking at night, sometimes you can see into people's homes, maybe seeing what's on TV. In some cases you can see into their yards. Like last night. I peeked into a yard and came to a stop.
I found the goats.
They were curled up to stay warm. One on a car, and one on some kind of box. This made me chuckle. They heard me. They both stood up, one on the box, one on the car, and I thought, "oh-no-they-can-jump-over-that-fence" and I didn't know what to do about a wandering goat, so I looked straight ahead and picked up my pace. Hoping they lost interest.
There were no goat issues. I made it home without being attacked or head-butted or whatever they do.
But now I know where they live. And I have questions.
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