((DISCLAIMER: I am totally a Barnyard fan. I do not own Barnyard. This is my first story guys, so tell me what you think.))

Intro:

"WHOO! Mighty Mouse to the rescue!" Came a yell in a Mexican accent. A small, gray mouse was sent flying in the air, arms spread apart as he was pretending to fly - Pip. Otis and his friends were hanging out together once again. Pip landed softly but unexpectedly onto Otis's belly, Otis snickering as he watched his best friend jump everywhere. Otis was laying under the shady willow tree upon Ben's hill, cutting Bessy's head out of pictures and taping them to bodies of different animals/people, laughing in the process.

"Hey Pig, what do you think of this one?" Otis laughed, looking for support from his friend. "Pig? Where'd you-" He looked over to see his friend, a fat, pink pig with a huge appetite, attempting to climb up an apple tree to get a juicy sweet apple. "For the last time, pigs can't climb! I thought you learned with the cherry incedent," Otis shouted to his oblivious friend. Pig just shrugged and continued for that apple.

Meanwhile, the plump ferret Freddy was looking at a suspicious-looking book that seemed to be titled, "101 Ways to Cook Chicken". His mouth watered at the pictures (because of course he can't read) and Freddy tried so hard to keep himself from going on a chicken rampage, as he was a vegetarian. Little naive Peck, his rooster friend, strutted up and saw Freddy drooling over something. "Hey Fred! Whatcha looking at?" He asked.

"Uh...nothing! Nothing at all! What makes you think I'm looking at something??!!! It's definately a chicken serving book - NOT! I mean it's NOT a chicken serving book! Because I'm a vegetarian - that's right! hehehehe..." Freddy paranoidly finished, freaking out and chucking the book into the lake. Freddy would never admit of his temptations.

Peck gave Freddy a concerned look, but shrugged. He was used to Freddy acting all paranoid over everything. He never knew that the true reason of Freddy's behavior was because Freddy had to constantly fight off the temptation to eat him.

After a while, Otis put down his scissors and funny pictures and layed back with a sigh of relief. "Man, it's so hot out here. Summer must be coming around again."

Pip hopped up onto Otis's muscular chest, and excitingly said, "And what happens each year when summer comes around? The first couple of weeks the farmer takes a vacation!"

"Meaning we can celebrate and have the time of our lives while he's gone!" Otis's eyes lit up and he smiled, already planning what fun things to do while the farmer was on vacation. Everyone knew that Otis practically lived for having fun and partying.

Pig, who had apparently achieved his apple with success, came up munching on the sweet fruit. "Maybe we can plan a summer bash or something..." he said, his mouth full of apple. "Ooooh, I hope there'll be food!"

"And chicken!" Freddy blurted out, only to quickly save himself, "I mean...I hope the chickens will be able to celebrate with us, too! What else did you think I meant???!!" Otis rolled his eyes.

"Well, a summer bash sounds perfect. I'm in!" Otis said, agreeing to the idea. "We'll need to use as much time as we can get to plan it before the farmer leaves."

The group began discussing it; what to do, what to bring, what to eat, etc.