My shiny pink rain boots sent drops of muddy water soaring through the air as I splashed along the dirt road. I jumped from puddle to puddle, excitedly following Wendy, the woman in charge of camp. It was my first day at Barnyard Bonanza: a summer camp for kids between the ages of six and twelve that gave them the chance to spend time on a farm. As an animal-obsessed eight year old, this camp was a dream come true. I’d practically begged Wendy to let me clean out a horse stall, and I could have watched the chickens strut around their pen for hours. Now I was about to visit the pigs, and I could hardly wait.
We approached the enclosure, a large pen made of wooden fence posts and wire. As I watched, a curious snout pushed up against the fence and a pair of bright eyes stared out at me. I grinned and eagerly …show more content…
He and a few of his friends immediately hopped over the fence into the enclosure.
‘And, if you want, I can bring one of the bunnies out.” Said Wendy.
“Yes!” squealed one of the girls. “I love bunnies!”
“Alright,” said Wendy, heading over the cage and pulling out a fluffy brown rabbit, “but you have to be quiet and gentle. He gets nervous around—“
She was cut off by a loud scream coming from the pig pen. I whipped around and watched as the three boys scrambled up onto the fence at the back of the enclosure. Apparently, Romeo had tried to approach the boys and had scared them. He was standing at the bottom of the fence, staring up at them. They stared back at him fearfully. It was one of the most ridiculous things I had ever seen in my entire eight years of life.
“He won’t hurt you!” called Wendy, struggling to calm the startled rabbit. “I’ll come in there and distract him.”
“I can do it!” I said eagerly. I raced over to the pen, hopped over the fence, and watched as Romeo trotted over to me.
“See?” I said to the boys, reaching out to pet the pig’s mud-splattered head. “There’s nothing to be scared
We approached the enclosure, a large pen made of wooden fence posts and wire. As I watched, a curious snout pushed up against the fence and a pair of bright eyes stared out at me. I grinned and eagerly …show more content…
He and a few of his friends immediately hopped over the fence into the enclosure.
‘And, if you want, I can bring one of the bunnies out.” Said Wendy.
“Yes!” squealed one of the girls. “I love bunnies!”
“Alright,” said Wendy, heading over the cage and pulling out a fluffy brown rabbit, “but you have to be quiet and gentle. He gets nervous around—“
She was cut off by a loud scream coming from the pig pen. I whipped around and watched as the three boys scrambled up onto the fence at the back of the enclosure. Apparently, Romeo had tried to approach the boys and had scared them. He was standing at the bottom of the fence, staring up at them. They stared back at him fearfully. It was one of the most ridiculous things I had ever seen in my entire eight years of life.
“He won’t hurt you!” called Wendy, struggling to calm the startled rabbit. “I’ll come in there and distract him.”
“I can do it!” I said eagerly. I raced over to the pen, hopped over the fence, and watched as Romeo trotted over to me.
“See?” I said to the boys, reaching out to pet the pig’s mud-splattered head. “There’s nothing to be scared