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I never will understand this day to the fair and what all happened, I don’t think anyone will. I just know that one animal ruined a month for me. It was the week right before fair, and all I did was walk my cow. It was the first time ever showing a cow, my brother convinced me that it would be a fun learning experience. That didn’t happen at all for me when I walked into that show ring with a 1,100 pound steer. I was up at 4:00 a.m. the morning of the show, and I was ready to go wash my cows and get them ready for the show.
My dad helped me wash Scooby, which was the name of my cow. Everyone helped me get prepared and taught me how to use the show stick and how to walk around the cow for showmanship. He was so clean and had a nice bedding of wood chips. I gave him water and a little bit of feed, since your not suppose to give them a lot of food before the show. I hurried up and got dressed in my blue plain button down shirt and my jeans with my show belt and show boots. I had someone do my hair and do my makeup.
I grabbed my calf, Axl, and headed to the arena. I waited in line until my class was called. I was a little nervous, with some confidence that I would hopefully place good. Well I messed up how to do my show stick and I let Axl walk ahead of me. In my opinion they didn’t teach me as well as they should have. I …show more content…

I looked up in the audience and I saw my family. Now I still had a smile, I didn’t know what to do. The audience was scared, I could tell by their faces, as I was walking out of the ring. As we were walking out my cow fell 2 times for no reason. The one time his eyes were rolling in the back of his head. I thought instantly that my cow was dead. Wouldn’t you if you saw his tongue falling out of his mouth? We finally made it out of the ring and my dad rushed over to help them get Scooby back to his stall. It took 6 guys to get him

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