BACK AT THE BARNYARD
DIFICULT DECISION
A few months passed, now is fall, Bessie, Abby and Otis took Lou to Ben's Hill, she want him to see the perfect wiew of all the barnyard. That mornnig the farmer return early, more than usual, with new cows behid his old truck, there was three cows coming down, everyone of them were a little scared but at the same time happy, one of them seem familiar to Duke, a black and white cow… when he saw her he was surprised and run to find Otis and Bessie, they need to know this.
-Pip, Peck, where are Otis and Bessie?- He asked trying to recover breath
-They're at Ben's Hill, why, what's wrong?-
-With the newcomers there's one i recognized instead, i need to speak with Bessie RIGHT NOW!-
They run to find Otis and Bessie and found them sat in the grass, with Lou trying to catch a butterfly -Otis, there are newcomers on the barnyard-
-Easy Duke, that's great news, why are you so shocked?-
-well…- he look at Lou –they're comming from the same barnyard as Lou- then he turn to Bessie, -One of them is… i don't know how to say this… one of them is Lou's mother-
Bessie was paralized –How can you know that?- she can't believe this –Lou's mother, i though she didn't survive the fire-
-I met her at the last country fair, i heard the farmer talking by telephone last night, it seems that a few cows survive at the fire at Lou's home, one of them is Lou's mother-
She don't know what to think, so they return at the barnyard to meet the newcomers, they were inside the barn, meeting the other animals, Otis and Abby entered first, but Bessie stops, standing at the door, after a few seconds she finally came inside holding one of Lou's hooves, watching him.
-Hi, i'm Otis, and she is Abby- he introduce themselfs to the other cows, one of them was thin, with a brown and white fur, with a bandage on her right foot, the other one was an old one, she has black fur, she barely can walk, but the other one, who was helping the oldest was a black and white cow.
-I'm Alice, nice to meet you- speak the brown-white cow -Nice place you have here- she seems the kind of cow who loves parties and pull pranks, just like Otis.
-Thanks for make us feel welcome, i'm Sophie- speak the oldest cow
The last cow didn't say any word, she only said –I'm Lira… -
Bessie figure that Lira was Lou's mother, she can feel it, -And they are Bessie and Lou- when Otis introduce Lou, Lira's eyes shows sadness, the sadnees that Bessie know well, the pain of the loss.
Lira came closer to Lou –Hi Lou, my name is Lira- the way Lou watch her, something inside him move, like a flash, a blur that he couldn't undestand, he hide behind Bessie and cover his head with her body.
-You must be tired, why don't you take little nap?, i'll show you your new home once you have rested- two cows went to theyr respective cowshed, but Lira didn't do it.
-Duke? Can you take Lou for a second?-
-Sure- he respond and took Lou to outside again, to keep him distracted has they speak to Lira.
-Are you ok? i heard you came from far away- he put his hoof on her shoulder
-Aha, we lost our home, i only remember that i was sleeping with my son Will, at my side, that day was rainig, i remember that day we had a thunderstorm, when i smell smoke, there was chaos, everybody run to everywere, when the smoke became thicker i get separated from my son, the fire consume everything, only Alice, Sophie and myself, only we could get out… -her eyes was full of tears, she was still in pain with her head between her hooves.
-i'm sorry, you don't have to tell me this if you don't want to…- But she continue telling Otis
-I try to go inside, i try to recover my son, but i couldn't, i only kneel, and then... the next i remember is that it was drizzling and we're on the fields, our farmer was taking care of us, by my fault my friend Alice gets hurt when she try to stop me-
Bessie was hearing that, there was a conflict in her head, should she tell her that Lou is her son? Or don't say anythig, she know that she must do the right thing, even when that means say goodbye forever to Lou.
-Come, dear, you must rest- Abby took Lira's hoof and she lead her to her cowshed and stay with her until she fall asleep, Otis want to talk with Bessie, there is something she must do…
-Bessie..- Otis was looking at her, as she was looking Lou playing with Duke
-The idea of lost someone you love, i understand how it feels, i'm not trying to tell you what to do, but…- she know what was trying to say, she sighed
-I know… at first time she wake up, i'll tell her about her son-
She sat at on a pile of hay, with Otis at her side, her heart was suffering, he hug her with all of his strenght, she cry in silence, he don't know what to say, Bessie would suffer again, but this time he feared she may never recovered, Lou bring her happynes, but at the same time he knew by inside that by first time, Bessie will suffer as she ever had.
