It Took a Village to Capture Pancho

This story has a happy ending. At the time, we had our doubts. Last Saturday, my Beautiful Mystery Companion was on the tractor before 7:30 a.m. I am still on the disabled list when it comes to bushhogging and mowing because of shoulder surgery. When she finished mowing the side pasture and plopped down on the back patio to cool off, I went down to retrieve the tractor, which requires opening two gates — one to the side pasture, and another to the pasture where Pancho the Donkey resides. Normally, Pancho obediently backs away when I shoo him off while opening the gate. Not this morning....

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