You might think a cat’s purpose
Is to sit on your lap and purr.
Nope.
Not my purpose.
I only sit on Mom’s lap WHEN I WANT TOO
If she picks me up
I jump right back down.
Now if I JUMP up,
then YES,
I will sit there and let her pet me and I will purr.
For me
My Purpose
Is to protect the farm
And I take it very seriously
I travel here
And there
And all over.
After all—
The dog just stays in the house
Unless she is with Mom.
Just Say’n,
TLC Cai-Cai
Traalalalla—“Let’s go do the chickens with Mom, Boo Berry.”
“Okay, doaky.”
“Bye—I’ve got stuff to do.”
“Not me, I stick to Mom like glue.” Boo Berry Betty replied.
“Works for me.” TLC Cai-Cai hollered as he took off to do whatever it is he liked to do.
“Come on Boo Berry, we’ve got stuff to do. This is a big day.”
Mom scooped me up, put me in the pick-up with Dad and we headed down to —I don’t know where. I can’t see out, and I don’t like to look out.
Then we were there.
And so was a big truck and a HUGE truck Mom called a semi.
Oh!
My!
GOSH!
BIG ANIMALS!
Shudder and shake
“You stay in here, Girly Girl”, Mom said, as she gave me a kiss on the nose. “The cows have come!”
Wow! Those are HUGE ANIMALS!
HUGE!
It wasn’t long before we were heading back to the house.
There I met TLC — “HUGE ANIMALS HAVE ARRIVED ON THE FARM!” I barked at him.
“I know,” he replied. “Cows, they come this time every year. We have to be careful around them and not get kicked.”
“I don’t plan on ever being around them,” I expounded to TLC Cai-Cai. “Those feet are bigger than the both of us!”
“Yep, you are right. Hey, race ya to the house. Whoever gets there first gets to get in first!” TLC took off in a mad dash.
“You can’t beat me!” Boo Berry Betty ran equal to TLC Cai-Cai arriving at the back door at the same time.
“You silly little creatures,” Mom reached down and petted us. “You can’t go in until I open the door.”
As soon as the door was open, TLC ducked under and flew right into the kitchen—Boo Berry right behind him
“What would I do if I didn’t have you crazy cute animals to liven up the day?” Mom laughed as we all tumbled into the kitchen.
“Whew, Boo Berry…thankfully there are no cows in the house!”
“Yes! What a terrible thought that is. But we are safe in here.”
YAY! 
Boo Berry Betty
and TLC Cai-Cai
The corn harvest has started!
Mom says, “We are on our way!”
I say: “SCARY BIG MACHINE!”
I can handle it when I am with Mom. That is about all.
(Oh, By the way—
the cat hides in the house. At least I’m with Mom!)
Boo Berry Betty
I was out and about just enjoying myself
Doing this and that
The dog, our dog—Boo Berry Betty—had come out
Then had gone back in.
I was getting a tad bored
So, I headed to the dirt pile
This is a big pile of dirt Dad keeps for
Repairing the roads, and ditch banks
And stuff like that
So anyway, Out I went
It was warm and sunny
I decided Mouse would taste good
Right about now.
When
SUDDENLY I SAW
DANGER
The only thing left for me to do
WAS
SCATTER!
TLC Cai-Cai
“COMPANY! I yelled, TLC COMPANY!”
“Who?” TLC Cai- Cai asked as he lazily walked toward me.
“Loki,
Black Beauty,
and Kia!”
“Oh, I like Black Beauty”
TLC Cai Cai exclaimed!
“I don’t think I like ANYONE!
If Mom stays,
I will be okay— I can handle the company.
OTHERWISE, I AM GOING TO
SCATTER!”
Boo Berry Betty
“Gosh, Boo Berry Betty. Mom and Dad have been B.U.S.Y!”
“I see that. They are going here and there and everywhere on the farm, in the yard, just everywhere.”
“Yes, and you have to FAST if you want to get inside and eat something.”
“Or just get inside, it’s HOT out here.”
“Aren’t you glad we are NOT people? Their work seems so HARD, Boo Berry Betty, we just get to do fun things all the time.”
“Yeh, but—we can’t go in when we want to.”
Why do you worry, you only come outside when you are with Mom?”
“Well, outside is so BIG! I just like inside better.” Boo Berry Betty replied.
“What are Mom and Dad doing now, TLC Cai-Cai?”
“Gosh, Boo Berry Betty, they SCATTERED!”
TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry Betty
I know, I know! You think Boo Berry Betty and I, Yours Truly, TLC Cai-Cai are the only ones who can make the hens scatter!
Well, I’m here to tell you—Mom can too. (Sometimes, not often, but, yes, sometimes.)
And the big, loud, HUGE machines can make the hens squawk and run.
BUT—-
Those hens have a few tricks in their feathers, let me tell you.
For one thing—NEVER! EVER! Chase Skitter Bug. EVER!! She has a very pointy, sharp beak. Just say’n.
And—Skitter is very much in charge of her flock and her BIRD SEED!
See Mom scatters bird seed out by the hen run so the birds will stay out of the hen house; the birds like to eat the chicken feed.
So Mom puts bird seed or hen scratch outside the run for the birds.
Now, if Skitter Bug sees the birds pecking around on the food on the ground—
Well, just let me say—
Skitter knows how to make those little birds
SCATTER!
TLC Cai-Cai
“OH!”
“HELP!”
“MOM!”
“HELP!”
“BOO Berry Betty”, Mom yelled,
“Come help me put the chickens away,”
“OKAY, MOM!”
Teeee heee, chuckle, snort!
Boo Berry Betty
I get this “Scatter” thing, Boo Berry Betty. I always scatter when there is a HUGE BIG MOTOR somewhere close.
I mean like RUUUUUUUUUUUUN! Is the word.
And RUN to the house is the answer.
Hiding in the house is the only way to go.
BUT—
Sometimes in the house—
MOM does the unthinkable!!!
SHE VACUUMS!!!
When that happens you and I have to
SCATTER!!!
TLC Cai-Cai
Mom and I had just come out of the house
Where I had been eating BREAKFAST!!!
I go out early, early in the morning
Just at Daybreak
Not Daylight
Daybreak!
Why so early?
Gosh, there are things to do
Stuff to see
And MICE to catch!
Anyway,
Mom and I came out the backdoor together
Mom going over to feed the Humming Birds
And I, to walk with Mom
WHEN I SAW
What is it?
Just as I saw IT, so did Mom
I saw Mom put her hand down by the It
Then
No more IT
I wonder what happened to IT?
Oh, well, gone.
TLC Cai-Cai
Life on a Colorado Farm 