April 7, 2025 • 19 mins
“Liam’s Farm” Liam is a young boy with a big responsibility, one that he’s eager to take on when his parents leave him in charge of the farm. But as he faces the challenges of running the farm alone, he begins to wonder: Will his parents ever return? A new acquaintance becomes a friend, but Liam’s emotions might just get the best of him. Will he rise to the occasion, or will the weight of his feelings hold him back?Tune in to find out.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, hey, Curiosity Cove listeners, Guess what, Ella the Curious
is not just in your ears, She's about to be
in your hands. That's right. My brand new children's book
I Got It From My Mama is coming out on
April twenty second, and you can pre order it right now.
If you love the magic of Curiosity Cove, you're going
to adore this heartwarming story about the special things we
(00:23):
inherit from our moms. Hit the link in the show notes,
or head to Amazon or fort hyphensumter dot com to
snag your copy. Early adventure awaits this time on your bookshelf, pencil.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
To paper, sketching you art on this page. What kind
of journey will this straw and bring to life?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Today? Another adventure awaits for you.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Heo, Scout and Laila my com a hong too. It's
imagination time. A curiosity.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Come, Curiosity. Come, It's a magical place.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Come Truth.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Welcome to Adventures Curiosity.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Come Hello, it's me Ella the Curious. Whether you're joining
us for the first time or coming back from more adventures,
I'm thrilled to have you here. Welcome back to season
two of the Adventures of Curiosity Cove, where each episode,
(01:48):
we dive into one of my own all of the
Curious Adventures, or listen to an original story right here
in my cozy treehouse. Picture this. We're nestled among the trees,
surrounded by comfy bean bags, piles of fluffy pillows, and yes,
my favorite stuffy roe is here too. It's like we've
stepped into a peaceful world, almost as if my mom
(02:10):
used her relaxing dream spray to except the toad. It's
just peace and quiet, perfect for story time. So what
are we waiting for? Let's dive back into today's tail
Liam's Farm Part two. Are you ready to listen? I
sure am, all right, let's do it.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Liam ran out the door, grabbing the slop bucket with
leftover veggies, fruits and grains, and ran to the pigs.
They were all snorting loudly, excited to see him. Liam
dumped the bucket into the trough and they had the
food down before he could even look for the hose
to give them water. He gave the pigs a big
trough of water, cleaned all the remaining slop out of
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the feed trough with the hose, then tended to the piglets.
He gave them a special feed to nourish their growth,
and they went right to it, eating like a bunch
of well pigs. He watched them chow down contentedly. He
ran over to dump a little extra feed in the
adult pigs trough, and they were so happy to have
a second helping. He went back to check on the
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little piglets. They were still chowing down, but one little
piglet kept looking up at him, and this made Liam smile.
What you want, little one? The pig just kept looking
up at him. Its tail wagged a little in it
gave a little tiny snort. You want to come up here?
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The pig's tail started wagging more. He reached down to
pick up the piglet. Come on, I got you. The
piglet nestled in his chest. This gave Liam an idea.
He walked with the piglet back to the horse stables.
Buckuy was still being ornery until she saw the little piglet.
She became very still and calm. She extended her nose
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out to Liam. Here, you wanna take a look. Here
you go. He held out the little piglet, and Buckeye
sniffed at the little piglet. The little piglet poked its
little foot at the horse's nose, and she wiggled her
nose back and gave a blowing. A blowing is when
a horse blows out air through its lips, giving a
snorting sound, showing her contentment. Liam has never seen Buckeye
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this relaxed. He opened Buckeye's stall door, which he was
always told never to do. He placed the little piglet
on the ground. Buckeye walked out, laid on the floor,
and the little piglet came and snuggled up to Buckeye.
It was astonishing. Liam quickly got the wheelbarrow and shoveled
(04:52):
and cleaned out Buckeye's stall, put fresh hay in her stall,
filled her feed and water bucket, and felt a sense
of past Wow. Wh isn't that something Dad would never
believe this one. He let Buckeye and the piglet timed
a bond while he cleaned, fed, and watered all of
the other horses. When he was done, the piglet got
(05:15):
up and walked over to Liam as to say, I'm
ready to go back home. At the same time, Buckeye
stood up, walked over to Liam, and put her head
into Liam. Liam pet buckeye under the jaw, but it
was short lived as she walked back to her stall
and looked out her stall opening progress. He picked up
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the little piglet and walked it back to its brothers
and sisters. He set the piglet down and they all
jumped on the piglet, welcoming it back, and they all
ran off to play a one more task. Oh boy,
Liam knew what that one more task was. Bertie the Ostrich.
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She was a bit of an odd bird, probably because
she was the only one of her kind on the farm.
Liam couldn't quite understand her personality. All the other animals
were much like people he's met throughout his life, but
the Ostrich wasn't quite like anyone. She was all over
the place, out going but scared, happy but picky, docile
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but aggressive. He just couldn't figure her out either way.
He had to feed and water. He grabbed a bucket
of her feet and walked over to her pen. He
found her by her food bucket, staring intimidatingly at him.
He approached slowly, and she didn't move a muscle. She
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just stared at him with her strange bird eyes. He
got closer and closer until he was close enough to
pour the feed into her bucket. As he started to
tip the bucket, it felt as if he got hit
on top of the head with a stick.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Ah.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
He looked up and saw Bertie peck him on the head.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Ouch.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Another one came right after it. Bertie, ow, stop it.
Liam took a few steps back and gave Bertie an
angry look, staring the bird down. Wrong move. She was
the best at the staring game. She gazed at him
with those big beady bird eyes and gave a loud
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beckoning him to feed her. Why so you can just
peck me on the head again. Then he had a
bright idea. Instead of dumping the feet into Bertie's empty
bucket hanging from the fence, he could hold out his
own bucket and let the ostrich eat directly from it.
Bertie was simply confused at what he was offering. She
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pecked at the outside of the bucket a few times
until she figured it out. Then she went crazy, pecking
at the feed and getting it all over the place.
Liam rolled his eyes as he watched Bertie eat half
the feed and get the other half all over the ground.
But all he cared about is that he wasn't getting
whacked on top of the head anymore. As Bertie was eating,
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Liam noticed her nest in the distance, and he's never
seen a big mound in it before. Bertie, is that
is that an egg?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Aw?
Speaker 4 (08:22):
You have a baby? No wonder you're acting strange, well,
you always act strange, stranger than usual. After Liam fed
Bertie there seemed to be a special connection between them.
Now they stared at each other for a period of time.
There was a long gaze in both of their eyes.
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Liam knew this was the moment. Liam slowly reached out
his hand to pet Birdie. It's happening, It's really happening.
She was finally warming up to him, and soon he
would be able to pet her and then rider the
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fastest land animal with two legs. His hand was slowly
moving towards Bertie's head. Bertie slowly moved her head closer
to Liam's hand. His hand was just inches from touching her,
and then peck. Bertie pecked him on the hand really hard,
as to say, cape dreamin buster ow. Bertie could have
(09:28):
let me at least pat you on the head cheese.
Liam made his rounds, getting all of the animals back
into the barn. A baby goat was running around like
a lunatic, jumping off of everything he could find, stumps,
a tractor wheel, a haybaiale, the side of a barn,
and his brothers and sisters. He even ran over to
(09:48):
Liam and kick flipped off of his leg. He's on fire.
Liam got a few goat treats and coaxed them all
into their pen. The cows were next, and they all
came in willingly as they knew it. Time for bed.
Liam was about to shut the barn door when he
remembered how badly he hurt Justice earlier that day. He paused,
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guilt weighing on him, and turned back to the horse. Normally,
Justice would be standing there waiting for Liam, with his
ears pricked up, ready for the usual scratch behind the
ear or a soft pat before heading out for the night.
But this time, when Liam approached, Justice turned his head away,
blowing a sharp gust of air through his nostrils. It
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was clear Justice was still upset, still hurt, and wasn't
ready to forgive just yet. You're still mad at me, Justice,
Come on, seriously, Liam felt frustration bubbling up inside him again.
His temper began to flare. Then he glanced over at
the bucket and imagined how painful it must have been
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to be hit in the face by it, especially when
you weren't expecting it, the shock of it, the loud crash.
He could see how it would have been alarming. In
that moment, Liam realized something. He was getting angry at
Justice for holding on to something that he Liam had
done to Justice. The horse had every right to be upset,
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and instead of blaming him, Liam should be apologizing, not
vilifying him.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Justice.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
I'm so sorry for hurting you earlier today. You didn't
deserve that. You've been the greatest friend to me, and
I haven't been so great to you today. I promise
I'm gonna make this up to you no matter how
long it takes, because your friendship is worth it. Good Night, Justice,
I love you. Liam walked to the barn door and
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hollered to the rest of the animals before closing the door.
See y'all tomorrow morning, Mom and Dad should be back
by then. I love y'all. Liam walks back into the house,
takes off his dirty clothes in the mudroom, and goes
straight to the kitchen. He grabs a tall glass of
water and chugs it, then looks out the window towards
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the driveway. Liam sat down at the dinner table. Tears
began to fill his eyes. He began to pray, God,
I'm scared. Sometimes saying the right word at the right
time is the key to unlocking all of those emotions
that we've built up throughout the day, And sometimes saying
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that word out loud will open the floodgates, setting all
of those emotions free. Even at Liam's age, you can
feel like you have to carry the world on your shoulders,
and it takes just a single moment, perhaps the right
word or vent, to finally break through the dam we've
built inside of ourselves. Liam wept and wept, releasing everything
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he'd been holding inside, the fear that his parents might
be in danger, the guilt over her hurting, justice, the horse,
and the overwhelming weight of running the farm all day long,
all by himself at just ten years old. God, please
let my parents be safe. After allowing his feelings to flow,
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a verse he had learned long ago gently came to
his mind, filling the empty space left behind. It was
a verse his parents had always reminded him of when
he felt afraid. Do not fear, for I am with you.
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I
will strengthen you and help you. Liam whispered the words
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quietly to himself, feeling a little calmer with each syllable.
It was like a warm hug for his heart, reminding
him that he wasn't alone, no matter how heavy the
world felt. I'm not alone, and I don't have to
carry the weight of the farm on my own. If
they aren't back tonight, I'll wake up tomorrow with God
by my side and take care of the farm once more.
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Liam grabbed some leftovers from the fridge and scarfed them down.
After that, he took a shower and went to his
room to read his favorite book, Old Yeller. Before Liam
knew it, he was fast asleep and waking up to
the roosters cockadoodle doing outside of his window. The sun
was shining bright and the air smelt so sweet. Something
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about this day seemed to be great. He gave a
big stretch and yawn before realizing his parents maybe home.
He looked out the window and didn't see their car
in the driveway. Liam felt the sad feelings start to
creep up, but he quickly wiped them away with the
verse that was given to him the night before. Do
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not fear, for I am with you. I will strengthen
you and help you. Liam leaped out of bed full
of excitement. He made his bed then knelt down beside it. God,
thank you so much for this day. Thank you for
waking me up with the strengthen excitement, and thank you
for a other day to take care of the farm
on my own. I am honored to take care of
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these beautiful animals. And wherever my mom and dad are,
I hope you are keeping them safe. Please let them
know I love them in Jesus's name. Amen. With that,
Liam started his day. Nothing could stop him. He had
his breakfast no coffee, went out to the barn and
went straight to Justice. Liam had a glow about him
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that was undeniable. Justice even noticed it. The horse wasn't
his stand offish today. I know, boy, you're still mad
at me, but I'm gonna win your love over again.
You just watch and off Liam went to feed and
water all of the animals. He first tended to the goats.
Liam was walking with a full bucket of water when
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he heard, okay, Rory, you're choosing today? Is that all
you got? Meet Rory the ram doing his usual thing.
Liam jumped out of the way the second time and
the ram hit the wooden gate. You miss me. Liam
jumped out of the pen to fill up the bucket
once more, and once again Rory came charging Liam zig left,
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then zagged right. It was no use. Rory was a pro.
Oh darn it, Rory, I got a job to do.
Do you not want water? Maybe you and Bullza should
be friends. Rory kept ramming Liam in the legs and
butt while he was trying to feed and water them all.
Liam was on his third and final attempt to water
the goats after taking a few too many hits to
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the legs, then finally jumped out of the way, causing
Rory to slam his head into the gate once more.
This didn't FaZe Rory at all, but it allowed Liam
to successfully pour out his water bucket into the goat's
water bucket. As Liam turned around feeling accomplished, Rory was
pulling back, rearing up to ram Liam again. Dad always
told Liam, Ah, this isn't anything personal, this is just
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their way of playing improving themselves. Liam wanted some lighter play,
so he got into the baby goat's pen. There was
one little baby goat who must have been Rory's baby
because he loves to ram just as much as Rory. However,
his little ram hits tickle. He was in the middle
of playing with the baby goats when he heard the
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distinct sound of tires on gravel.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Boy, oh boy, I cannot wait to see what happens
with Liam and his farm animals and his parents who.
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Hey, hey, Curiosity Cove listeners, Guess what, Ella the Curious
is not just in your ears, She's about to be
in your hands. That's right. My brand new children's book
I Got It From My Mama is coming out on
April twenty second, and you can pre order it right now.
If you love the magic of Curiosity Cove, you're going
to adore this heartwarming story about the special things we
(00:23):
inherit from our moms. Hit the link in the show notes,
or head to Amazon or fort hyphensumter dot com to
snag your copy. Early adventure awaits this time on your bookshelf, pencil.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
To paper, sketching you art on this page. What kind
of journey will this straw and bring to life?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Today? Another adventure awaits for you.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Heo, Scout and Laila my com a hong too. It's
imagination time. A curiosity.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Come, Curiosity. Come, It's a magical place.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Come Truth.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Welcome to Adventures Curiosity.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Come Hello, it's me Ella the Curious. Whether you're joining
us for the first time or coming back from more adventures,
I'm thrilled to have you here. Welcome back to season
two of the Adventures of Curiosity Cove, where each episode,
(01:48):
we dive into one of my own all of the
Curious Adventures, or listen to an original story right here
in my cozy treehouse. Picture this. We're nestled among the trees,
surrounded by comfy bean bags, piles of fluffy pillows, and yes,
my favorite stuffy roe is here too. It's like we've
stepped into a peaceful world, almost as if my mom
(02:10):
used her relaxing dream spray to except the toad. It's
just peace and quiet, perfect for story time. So what
are we waiting for? Let's dive back into today's tail
Liam's Farm Part two. Are you ready to listen? I
sure am, all right, let's do it.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Liam ran out the door, grabbing the slop bucket with
leftover veggies, fruits and grains, and ran to the pigs.
They were all snorting loudly, excited to see him. Liam
dumped the bucket into the trough and they had the
food down before he could even look for the hose
to give them water. He gave the pigs a big
trough of water, cleaned all the remaining slop out of
(02:58):
the feed trough with the hose, then tended to the piglets.
He gave them a special feed to nourish their growth,
and they went right to it, eating like a bunch
of well pigs. He watched them chow down contentedly. He
ran over to dump a little extra feed in the
adult pigs trough, and they were so happy to have
a second helping. He went back to check on the
(03:20):
little piglets. They were still chowing down, but one little
piglet kept looking up at him, and this made Liam smile.
What you want, little one? The pig just kept looking
up at him. Its tail wagged a little in it
gave a little tiny snort. You want to come up here?
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The pig's tail started wagging more. He reached down to
pick up the piglet. Come on, I got you. The
piglet nestled in his chest. This gave Liam an idea.
He walked with the piglet back to the horse stables.
Buckuy was still being ornery until she saw the little piglet.
She became very still and calm. She extended her nose
(04:04):
out to Liam. Here, you wanna take a look. Here
you go. He held out the little piglet, and Buckeye
sniffed at the little piglet. The little piglet poked its
little foot at the horse's nose, and she wiggled her
nose back and gave a blowing. A blowing is when
a horse blows out air through its lips, giving a
snorting sound, showing her contentment. Liam has never seen Buckeye
(04:30):
this relaxed. He opened Buckeye's stall door, which he was
always told never to do. He placed the little piglet
on the ground. Buckeye walked out, laid on the floor,
and the little piglet came and snuggled up to Buckeye.
It was astonishing. Liam quickly got the wheelbarrow and shoveled
(04:52):
and cleaned out Buckeye's stall, put fresh hay in her stall,
filled her feed and water bucket, and felt a sense
of past Wow. Wh isn't that something Dad would never
believe this one. He let Buckeye and the piglet timed
a bond while he cleaned, fed, and watered all of
the other horses. When he was done, the piglet got
(05:15):
up and walked over to Liam as to say, I'm
ready to go back home. At the same time, Buckeye
stood up, walked over to Liam, and put her head
into Liam. Liam pet buckeye under the jaw, but it
was short lived as she walked back to her stall
and looked out her stall opening progress. He picked up
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the little piglet and walked it back to its brothers
and sisters. He set the piglet down and they all
jumped on the piglet, welcoming it back, and they all
ran off to play a one more task. Oh boy,
Liam knew what that one more task was. Bertie the Ostrich.
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She was a bit of an odd bird, probably because
she was the only one of her kind on the farm.
Liam couldn't quite understand her personality. All the other animals
were much like people he's met throughout his life, but
the Ostrich wasn't quite like anyone. She was all over
the place, out going but scared, happy but picky, docile
(06:23):
but aggressive. He just couldn't figure her out either way.
He had to feed and water. He grabbed a bucket
of her feet and walked over to her pen. He
found her by her food bucket, staring intimidatingly at him.
He approached slowly, and she didn't move a muscle. She
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just stared at him with her strange bird eyes. He
got closer and closer until he was close enough to
pour the feed into her bucket. As he started to
tip the bucket, it felt as if he got hit
on top of the head with a stick.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Ah.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
He looked up and saw Bertie peck him on the head.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Ouch.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Another one came right after it. Bertie, ow, stop it.
Liam took a few steps back and gave Bertie an
angry look, staring the bird down. Wrong move. She was
the best at the staring game. She gazed at him
with those big beady bird eyes and gave a loud
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beckoning him to feed her. Why so you can just
peck me on the head again. Then he had a
bright idea. Instead of dumping the feet into Bertie's empty
bucket hanging from the fence, he could hold out his
own bucket and let the ostrich eat directly from it.
Bertie was simply confused at what he was offering. She
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pecked at the outside of the bucket a few times
until she figured it out. Then she went crazy, pecking
at the feed and getting it all over the place.
Liam rolled his eyes as he watched Bertie eat half
the feed and get the other half all over the ground.
But all he cared about is that he wasn't getting
whacked on top of the head anymore. As Bertie was eating,
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Liam noticed her nest in the distance, and he's never
seen a big mound in it before. Bertie, is that
is that an egg?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Aw?
Speaker 4 (08:22):
You have a baby? No wonder you're acting strange, well,
you always act strange, stranger than usual. After Liam fed
Bertie there seemed to be a special connection between them.
Now they stared at each other for a period of time.
There was a long gaze in both of their eyes.
(08:45):
Liam knew this was the moment. Liam slowly reached out
his hand to pet Birdie. It's happening, It's really happening.
She was finally warming up to him, and soon he
would be able to pet her and then rider the
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fastest land animal with two legs. His hand was slowly
moving towards Bertie's head. Bertie slowly moved her head closer
to Liam's hand. His hand was just inches from touching her,
and then peck. Bertie pecked him on the hand really hard,
as to say, cape dreamin buster ow. Bertie could have
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let me at least pat you on the head cheese.
Liam made his rounds, getting all of the animals back
into the barn. A baby goat was running around like
a lunatic, jumping off of everything he could find, stumps,
a tractor wheel, a haybaiale, the side of a barn,
and his brothers and sisters. He even ran over to
(09:48):
Liam and kick flipped off of his leg. He's on fire.
Liam got a few goat treats and coaxed them all
into their pen. The cows were next, and they all
came in willingly as they knew it. Time for bed.
Liam was about to shut the barn door when he
remembered how badly he hurt Justice earlier that day. He paused,
(10:10):
guilt weighing on him, and turned back to the horse. Normally,
Justice would be standing there waiting for Liam, with his
ears pricked up, ready for the usual scratch behind the
ear or a soft pat before heading out for the night.
But this time, when Liam approached, Justice turned his head away,
blowing a sharp gust of air through his nostrils. It
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was clear Justice was still upset, still hurt, and wasn't
ready to forgive just yet. You're still mad at me, Justice,
Come on, seriously, Liam felt frustration bubbling up inside him again.
His temper began to flare. Then he glanced over at
the bucket and imagined how painful it must have been
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to be hit in the face by it, especially when
you weren't expecting it, the shock of it, the loud crash.
He could see how it would have been alarming. In
that moment, Liam realized something. He was getting angry at
Justice for holding on to something that he Liam had
done to Justice. The horse had every right to be upset,
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and instead of blaming him, Liam should be apologizing, not
vilifying him.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Justice.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
I'm so sorry for hurting you earlier today. You didn't
deserve that. You've been the greatest friend to me, and
I haven't been so great to you today. I promise
I'm gonna make this up to you no matter how
long it takes, because your friendship is worth it. Good Night, Justice,
I love you. Liam walked to the barn door and
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hollered to the rest of the animals before closing the door.
See y'all tomorrow morning, Mom and Dad should be back
by then. I love y'all. Liam walks back into the house,
takes off his dirty clothes in the mudroom, and goes
straight to the kitchen. He grabs a tall glass of
water and chugs it, then looks out the window towards
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the driveway. Liam sat down at the dinner table. Tears
began to fill his eyes. He began to pray, God,
I'm scared. Sometimes saying the right word at the right
time is the key to unlocking all of those emotions
that we've built up throughout the day, And sometimes saying
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that word out loud will open the floodgates, setting all
of those emotions free. Even at Liam's age, you can
feel like you have to carry the world on your shoulders,
and it takes just a single moment, perhaps the right
word or vent, to finally break through the dam we've
built inside of ourselves. Liam wept and wept, releasing everything
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he'd been holding inside, the fear that his parents might
be in danger, the guilt over her hurting, justice, the horse,
and the overwhelming weight of running the farm all day long,
all by himself at just ten years old. God, please
let my parents be safe. After allowing his feelings to flow,
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a verse he had learned long ago gently came to
his mind, filling the empty space left behind. It was
a verse his parents had always reminded him of when
he felt afraid. Do not fear, for I am with you.
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I
will strengthen you and help you. Liam whispered the words
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quietly to himself, feeling a little calmer with each syllable.
It was like a warm hug for his heart, reminding
him that he wasn't alone, no matter how heavy the
world felt. I'm not alone, and I don't have to
carry the weight of the farm on my own. If
they aren't back tonight, I'll wake up tomorrow with God
by my side and take care of the farm once more.
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Liam grabbed some leftovers from the fridge and scarfed them down.
After that, he took a shower and went to his
room to read his favorite book, Old Yeller. Before Liam
knew it, he was fast asleep and waking up to
the roosters cockadoodle doing outside of his window. The sun
was shining bright and the air smelt so sweet. Something
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about this day seemed to be great. He gave a
big stretch and yawn before realizing his parents maybe home.
He looked out the window and didn't see their car
in the driveway. Liam felt the sad feelings start to
creep up, but he quickly wiped them away with the
verse that was given to him the night before. Do
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not fear, for I am with you. I will strengthen
you and help you. Liam leaped out of bed full
of excitement. He made his bed then knelt down beside it. God,
thank you so much for this day. Thank you for
waking me up with the strengthen excitement, and thank you
for a other day to take care of the farm
on my own. I am honored to take care of
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these beautiful animals. And wherever my mom and dad are,
I hope you are keeping them safe. Please let them
know I love them in Jesus's name. Amen. With that,
Liam started his day. Nothing could stop him. He had
his breakfast no coffee, went out to the barn and
went straight to Justice. Liam had a glow about him
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that was undeniable. Justice even noticed it. The horse wasn't
his stand offish today. I know, boy, you're still mad
at me, but I'm gonna win your love over again.
You just watch and off Liam went to feed and
water all of the animals. He first tended to the goats.
Liam was walking with a full bucket of water when
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he heard, okay, Rory, you're choosing today? Is that all
you got? Meet Rory the ram doing his usual thing.
Liam jumped out of the way the second time and
the ram hit the wooden gate. You miss me. Liam
jumped out of the pen to fill up the bucket
once more, and once again Rory came charging Liam zig left,
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then zagged right. It was no use. Rory was a pro.
Oh darn it, Rory, I got a job to do.
Do you not want water? Maybe you and Bullza should
be friends. Rory kept ramming Liam in the legs and
butt while he was trying to feed and water them all.
Liam was on his third and final attempt to water
the goats after taking a few too many hits to
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the legs, then finally jumped out of the way, causing
Rory to slam his head into the gate once more.
This didn't FaZe Rory at all, but it allowed Liam
to successfully pour out his water bucket into the goat's
water bucket. As Liam turned around feeling accomplished, Rory was
pulling back, rearing up to ram Liam again. Dad always
told Liam, Ah, this isn't anything personal, this is just
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their way of playing improving themselves. Liam wanted some lighter play,
so he got into the baby goat's pen. There was
one little baby goat who must have been Rory's baby
because he loves to ram just as much as Rory. However,
his little ram hits tickle. He was in the middle
of playing with the baby goats when he heard the
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distinct sound of tires on gravel.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Boy, oh boy, I cannot wait to see what happens
with Liam and his farm animals and his parents who.
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