‘Do you want me to carry him the rest of the way?’
‘Thanks, I’m fine. If you could get the front and open the door, we’ll take them into the vet room. I think Bobby Sox will walk up the steps okay.’
‘Okie dokie smokie,’ she said going up the steps to the front door.
The barn was large. It was the result of a local builder scoffing when Duane and Craig had mentioned that they might build a barn themselves. Jim had happily joined them in the challenge, and together with Brush, they had spent a fulfilling couple of months building what turned out to be a really fine—if somewhat oversized—barn. The finishing details took Duane, Craig, and two other helpers several more months to finish, but the result showed that they really cared and were good carpenters. They had put the builder in his pl
