The Calf
I’d spotted her early on a Saturday morn
She just kinder got my attention
She weren’t nothing special, jest another newborn
And no remarkable traits to mention
So I marked her down in my tally book
Then, I proceeded to go along my way
I stopped on the ridge just for one last look
But, by then she was gone, much to my dismay
Well shoot I thought, I reckon I better go see
It’s dang cold out here an she’s so small
And with them cougars out here a roamin free
A baby calf wouldn’t make no hunt at all
So I rode back to where I’d seen her before
And by then, it had started to snow
I was 8 miles out from the cabins front door
So, I figured I’d get her and then go
My Ol’ Hoss was eager to get on the trail
He knew that barn would be warm
But Then the wind picked up, to almost a gale
We were in for a purty bad storm
I found us a spot in a dry creek bed
To wait out the wind and the snow
Ridin in this weather, we’d all end up dead
And that aint how I wanted to go
I got out my bedroll, to block out the snow
An, I tied a blanket around my old mount
Then I bundled that calf, an we hunkered down low
By then the temperature was too low to count
Somewhere in the storm, I drifted that night
Cuddled up next to that lil calf
I woke with a start at the notice of daylight
In my confusion I started to laugh
Gone was the cold and lifeless terrain
It was sunny and the grass was tall & green
I wondered at first, if I’d gone plum insane
This was the craziest thing I’d ever seen
Then all of a sudden this feller appeared
He looked like any Ol cowhand
He smiled at me an said aint nothing to fear
The boss likes cowpunchers with sand
Hoss, Im afraid you didn’t live through that storm
But you made it to a much better range
Cuz Out here, its good weather, always sunny and warm
An In awhile you wont feel so strange
Ya see Pardner, what you did for that baby calf
You did for the good lord above
Its how God separates the wheat from the chaff. We give our best when we give out of love.
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