Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack. The train was speeding through the countryside. Mark Smith, age 4, of Denver, Colorado, listened to the sound of the train tracks below him. Mark was excited because he had been invited to spend the day on a farm. It was going to be a wonderful adventure!

"I just wish Steve, Tracy and Aunt Susan could be here, too," thought Mark.

The first stop Mark made was a field where goats and sheep were munching on the grass.

"H-e-e-llo," bleated the goat.

"You can talk!" shouted Mark.

"Ye-e-e-es," answered the goat. "And we eat just about anything, including garbage."

"Yuck, that sounds terrible," said Mark.

A sheep came up to Mark and said, "Soon we're going to get our wool shaved off so people can make clothes out of it. But it won't hurt. It feels just like when you get a haircut."

Just then the sound of squeals filled the air. Mark ran over to a mother pig and her babies.

"Wow," said Mark. "Nine baby pigs! That's a lot!"

"Oink, oink. It sure is," agreed Mrs. Pig. "And they're all hungry! Stop crowding, children. There's plenty for everyone."

Mrs. Pig smiled and said, "Did you know that pigs are often the smartest animals on a farm?"

"No ma'am, I didn't," said Mark. "But thank you for telling me."

Mark heard the sound of someone fighting nearby. He ran over to investigate.

"Quack, quack," said a duck. "That seed belongs to me!"

"Cluck, cluck," said a chicken. "The farmer left it here for me!"

"Don't fight," said Mark with a laugh. "There's plenty for everyone!" So he reached into the seed bag and tossed lots more grain to the hungry chickens and ducks.


                                            Farm Animals Book, Pg 1- 4