excerpt

Sale Day
The Circle H Ranch
Willow Springs, Montana

That night Cindy and Lila slept in the guest bedroom. Joel
woke to the alarm at five a.m. and quickly shut off the bell
before it roused his guests. He dressed for the day and made his
way to the kitchen. Joel could tell from the smell of the coffee
that Tanya was ahead of him. Not only was she ahead of him, but
also she was already out of the house. What a great girl, he
thought, as he gobbled down a quick bowl of oatmeal, pulled on
his boots, and headed out the door. Entering the barn, Joel saw
Harry and Tanya already hard at work grooming the sale horses.
In the distance, he could see the trails of dust rising in the sky as
Roy and some of his helpers made their way to the ranch.
By six a.m. the Circle H was buzzing. By seven they were ready
to go. Joel was absolutely amazed when the first buyers showed
up at eight to preview the horses that weren’t scheduled to be
demonstrated until ten. With trucks parked every which way in
every spot imaginable in the ranch yard, the visitors started to
park on the road by nine. In no time at all, the line of trucks
extended a good mile back on the road. Roy assigned two of his
helpers to man their half-tons and cruise the road to pick up the
buyers as they walked from their vehicles and deliver them to the
ranch yard.
Joel had never seen anything like it. Of course, it was the first
horse sale of this nature that he had ever seen, so that was easy
for him to say. What he didn’t know was that Roy had never seen…

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