The Orange Training Log Tales: Thursday

This is the story our coach told us on Thursday, before our standard, grueling, Thursday-tempo runs which we all hated.

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Owl goes to Bull's to Play

On Thursday, Owl went to go play with Bull. Bull lived in a field with wires all around it. There wasn’t much to do in the field, so they quickly got bored.
“Hey, Bull,” said Owl “Why don’t we go down to the River to play? I saw some Fun Things to Do down there.”
“Ok,” said Bull. So Owl took off towards the River. Bull got to the wire fence and hesitated. “Owl,” he said, “I don’t think I can get over it.” 

“You’re big and strong right? Can you just push through it?” Owl suggested.

“Ok,” said Bull. He pushed against the wires until the posts bent. Owl heard a snapping and crackling and the whole fence fell. Then Bull broke into a run and Owl flew after him. They got to River and did all the Fun Things to Do and it was a very good day.

The next Thursday, Owl went back to play with Bull. He flew to Bull’s field and found that there were now two wire fences around it. “Hmm,” thought Owl. “Hey Bull!” he called “Push through those fences and come climb the Hill! I found some Cool Things to See out there.”
“Okay,” said Bull. He pushed against the wires until the posts bent. Owl heard a snapping and crackling and the whole fence fell. Bull hesitated for a second before lumbering up to the next one and doing the same thing. Owl heard a snapping and a cracking and the second fence fell. Bull sagged for a second, seemingly exhausted, then broke into a run and Owl flew after him. They hiked up the Hill and looked at all the Cool Things to See and it was a very good day.

The Thursday after that, Owl went to go see Bull again. This time he saw three wire fences around Bull’s field. “Hmm,” thought Owl. “Hey Bull!” he called “Do you think you could push through three of these fences and come check out the Woods? I found lots of Tasty Things to Eat in there.”
“Ok,” said Bull. He pushed against the wires until the posts bent. Owl heard a snapping and crackling and the whole fence fell. Bull hesitated for a second before lumbering up to the next one and doing the same thing. Owl heard the snapping and crackling and the second fence fell. Bull swayed for a second then lumbered up to the third fence and pushed against the wires. Owl heard a snapping and crackling then Bull fell over.

“Bull!” he cried, and flew over to where his friend lay. He landed on the wires of the third fence, and heard a snapping and crackling then a jolt surged through his feet. He shot through the air, feathers flying, and landed next to his friend. “What,” he screeched, “Was that?”
“Oh the fences are electric,” Bull explained groggily.
“You were going through electric fences the whole time?” Owl asked.
“Yup,” said Bull. 

“But why?” 

“I wanted to play,” said Bull, “That was the only way to do it.”

He got up and pushed against the wires until the posts bent. Owl heard a snapping and crackling and the whole fence fell. Bull broke into a run and Owl flew after him, wondering at how much he’d be able to endure just do have a little fun.