Doping
by
Heidi
To let his youngest son Little Joe get more experience at the area of buying
cattle Ponderosa owner Ben Cartwright had let him go to a cattle market.
The
older brothers of Little Joe, Adam and Hoss, were expecting for the worst.
“Pa, should you be doing that? Perhaps he comes home with a dozen gals
instead of a dozen cows”, said Adam.
“Or even worse: a herd of smurfs”, laughed Hoss.
Both brothers were rolling on the floor laughing and Ben too found it a
funny remark but the youngest Cartwright clearly didn’t. An angry look from
their youngest brother made them silence. Little Joe got enough money along
to buy 1 bull and he went away at once for not to hear anymore negative
comments form his brothers.
At the cattle market Little Joe directly got addressed by a certain Chris
Johnson.
“You seem to be looking for the perfect bull. Well, I have it for you. Just
come along”, said Chris.
“Wait a minute. How do you know that I come for a bull and not for something
else?”, Little Joe asked amazed.
“You are here on a cattle market and so you usually coem to buy cattle and
no bread. Seeing it is 90 % bull here you come there for because you réálly
won’t meet any chicken here”, answered Chris.
Little Joe felt a bit foolish and gave in reluctantly.
“Let me see that little bull of yours”, he said biting away his insult.
They walked to a part of the cattle market where Chris had parked his bull.
Little Joe didn’t know what he saw.
“That is my bull Herman. He only cost you $ 200. That is a réál
bargain”,
said Chris.
“He is so colossal. What did you give him? Grow hormones?”, Little Joe asked
amazed.
“No, a special medicine. It is called Miracle Growth. It is new and
especailly for cows and bulls”, said Chris.
“I take it”, Little Joe said without thinking any further.
He gave the money and Chris gave the stuff for the bull along.
Proud as a peacock Little Joe took the bull home. On the way he thought
‘This will stop Adam and Hoss with laughing at me. I can buy cattle the
excellent way and much better than those two together!’
Arrived at home Little Joe put the bull so that everyone saw it straight
away. Here after he ran inside where to his big relief only his father was.
“Pa, I am back again and I have done a real bargain. It is outside”, said
Little Joe.
“I am curious. Let me see what you have bought”, said the rancher.
He got up and walked with his youngest son outside
Ben saw the bull and didn’t know what he saw.
Little Joe said to Ben, “Miracle Growth... It’s the newst thing on the
market. Just look at the seize of that bull!”
“Joseph, do you know for sure that that bull is healthy? He seems so
enormous blown up to me”, Ben said worried.
“Sure do pa”, his youngest son answered.
He did show the bottle which the bull had to ge teach day. Ben read the
lable and knew enough
“Joseph, you have been put something into your hands because this bull is
so
unhealthy as can be. What this bull did get to become so enormous big is
just doping and not one or another wonder stuff. Or as your salesman called
it: Miracle Growth.”
Little Joe looked a bit very much taken aback to the ground.
“I am sorry pa”, he said.
“You should be too. I hope you have learned from it. We shall keep it but
it
won’t get no more doping but normal food”, said Ben.
Little Joe brought the bull to the herd and knew that now he got pestered
more by his brothers. Though he took that into the bargain.