A few days ago I had an inspiration to make a talent show. Wait a minute, I'd better start at the beginning. It all started because I wanted to get a riding lesson, so I made a talent show... Oh, you get the idea – I needed money.

   There are six of us in our family and two of us were in the show, so I got four dollars and a $1.00 tip. Dad gave me a five dollar bill because he didn’t have any singles.

    I took our goat and taught her to stand on her hind hooves for some grain. Anna got the cats to do the same thing, only they stood on their paws, not on hooves and not for grain, but for lunchmeat.

    I sang “My Sweet Heart Went Down With the Ship.” Anna told jokes and did tap dancing.

    During the intermission Anna sold drinks and apples. Apples were 10 cents each, and drinks were 25 cents each. Then we had a contest to see which one of our chickens was the prettiest. Claire was the judge. In case you’re interested, a pretty brown chicken with brown and black spots won.

     After that, Anna and I told some knock knock jokes. Here is one of the jokes we told. “Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Frank." "Frank who?" "Frank, go do the dishes!" Ha! Ha! Ha!

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