The Escapee!

Last night, my blissful sleep was rudely disrupted by a rouge bull. Around 4:45 am, the dogs began barking loudly (and 15 dogs can make quite a racket). I got up to investigate, opened the front door and was face to face with "Calvin". Calvin is one of our bucking bulls that had apparently decided that he missed us and came for a visit. Now I do care about our bulls, but I wish he had picked a better time. Really, at 4:45 am I am not at my best. ;) Also, Calvin is not the most warm and fuzzy bull. Actually, he is probably the most dangerous and unpredictable one we have. So I quietly shut the door and ran back to the bedroom, grabbed Daryl and calmly told him that Calvin was out. Now his version says I shrieked, but he over dramatizes. Daryl roles out of bed and we get dressed, grab flashlights and emerge out of the house ready to do some bull wrangling. Once on the porch, we attempt to find Calvin with the flashlights. No sign of him. Daryl looks at me - I know he thinks I was dreaming. Soon the dogs begin barking again and we follow the sound. Ahaa! A Calvin sighting! A black and white blur races past and heads down the road towards his pasture. We are in hot pursuit (well as hot as you can in the dark). My husband runs to get the farm truck and I follow on foot to try to direct Calvin towards the pasture. Calvin has other ideas however and turns back toward the house. We go back and forth a couple of times, but thankfully, the rest of the bulls come up to investigate the ruckus. Wings starts to beller and Calvin throws up his head and runs to the pasture fence. After several runs up and down the fence, Calvin finds a spot and jumps with all his might. Any eventer would have been very appreciative of his form, although he over jumped the fence a bit. Home free he stops to glance over his shoulder and I swear he stuck out his tongue! Finally my husband pulls up with the truck and gives me a ride back to the house. We slowly make our way back to bed, lay our heads down on the pillows and close our eyes. WAWAWAWA!!! The alarm - Oh well, time to start a new day. Thanks Calvin.