A Rabied Coyote

"Dad!  Dad!"  There's a rabied coyote outside!  He's laying there by the barns, too weak to get up and howling like crazy."

"Oh, how do you know it has rabies?"

"Oh...we KNOW.  The pack has abandoned this coyote because it's really weak, and it's weak because you shot it in the stomach 30 times last winter."

Dan and I couldn't help it and we burst into laughter.  I assure you, Dan didn't hit the coyote even once.

The heroic boys ran outside to ward off the 'rabid' coyote who, according to them, has been dying for the last 6 months.  Eric armed himself with a tree branch and Paul a goalie stick.  Lindsay stood on high alert as their spotter, Seth thought the whole thing was dumb and Courtney couldn't care less.  Knowing her siblings, she was probably the bait.

 

By the way, I went outside to check out the story and I never did see the rabied coyote.  And they say kids don't have imaginations these days....  hallucinations however.....