VIII.
A Goat
Laureano comes home with a goat on a leash. He ties it to a concrete block and lets it crop the side lawn. It’s a billy and Rosa won’t go near it.
What about the Animal Control? The only animals we can have are dogs and cats.
You and your dogs and cats. There’s no profit in them. This chivo we’re going to roast next month.
After the animal has cropped the side lawn, Laureano drags the concrete block to the rear and then around the other side. He eats all her rose bushes and the hosta she’d planted around the fruit trees. All the same Rosa has become quite fond of him and buys him apples. After all her years packing apples, Rosa thinks they are only a treat for goats. She asks Laureano if they might buy a female and breed him. There is nothing in the world as tender as a b
