00:00It had been a busy morning.
00:03Orby found out that if you leave your marbles in your gumboots,
00:06they tickle your toes when you put them on.
00:09Katie discovered that trying to find a sun hat in the costume box
00:13can be a little tricky.
00:15And they both learned that sometimes five minutes feels like an hour.
00:22Katie and Orby were in a hurry because today they were going to visit Micah on his farm.
00:26He said he was going to show them everything.
00:30When they turned in the long driveway, Micah and his mom were waiting.
00:35Mom and Dad and Micah's mom all went over to the garden chairs and enjoyed a cool drink.
00:43The three little friends took off at top speed for the barn.
00:47Spirit was sound asleep when they walked in.
00:50This was his bedroom.
00:52Micah told them they had to be quiet.
00:55Orby wondered how Spirit could be asleep when he was standing up.
01:00Micah told him that that's how horses sometimes did it.
01:04Orby thought that was great.
01:06There was hay all over the floor in case Spirit wanted to lie down.
01:11Spirit turned his head and looked at the three friends.
01:16Orby thought he might be angry at them for making too much noise.
01:19But he just nuzzled Micah's tummy.
01:23He giggled.
01:25Katie wanted to pat Spirit.
01:27Micah showed her how to pat his soft nose.
01:30It felt like velvet.
01:33Then Micah had an idea and he reached into a little barrel full of apples.
01:38He showed Katie and Orby how to hold their hands very flat to give the horse a treat.
01:43Horses just love apples.
01:47Katie tried it but Spirit's nose tickled her hand and she had to drop the apple.
01:53Micah picked it up and Orby tried it.
01:55It was wet and grubery but fun.
02:01Next they found a little family of kittens that lived in the barn.
02:05They were climbing on the ropes and playing in the hay.
02:08Katie thought Chance would love to live in this farm too.
02:13Nell the cow was outside in the field behind the fence.
02:17Micah took Katie and Orby out to find her.
02:20Nell looked at them and kept chewing and chewing.
02:24Micah told his friends that cows like to chew.
02:28Orby liked the big black polka dots on the cow.
02:31And he wondered if the cow liked his pink ones.
02:35Nell didn't say anything.
02:37Micah showed his friends how to feed the cow.
02:41They picked up long grass and Nell just took it from their hands.
02:46Katie tried it but when Nell's great big head got close to her hand, she dropped the grass.
02:51Orby picked it up and gave it to Nell.
02:54When Nell took it, Orby tooted his excitement.
02:57That was when he got a big surprise.
03:00Nell mooed loudly right back at him.
03:06It surprised Orby so much that he fell right over.
03:10Micah and Katie helped him up.
03:13Orby thought Nell had a terrific moo.
03:18Next they went to the pen where the geese were kept.
03:21Micah told them that geese were nice to look at, but they didn't have very good manners.
03:25It wasn't a good idea to feed them.
03:29Orby didn't hear him because he had his head stuck through the fence and was holding out some grass.
03:34All of a sudden one of the geese turned and ran towards Orby.
03:38Orby thought that was great.
03:41But when Micah realized what Orby was doing, he pulled Orby out through the fence and shouted at the geese
03:48to get away.
03:50Katie was a little bit nervous.
03:53Micah told Orby that the geese would bite him by accident and it was better just to look at them
03:58rather than feed them.
03:59Katie hugged Orby.
04:01She hugged Micah too for saving Orby from a goose bite.
04:04Some things in the farm are fun to look at, but can be a bit dangerous, just like some things
04:10at home.
04:12Next they came to Clarence the pig.
04:15Katie loved his flat little nose.
04:18Orby wondered why he wanted to roll in the mud.
04:21Micah said he liked to be dirty.
04:24He made kind of a snorkeling sound.
04:27Orby imitated it.
04:30And Clarence looked at Orby.
04:33Orby snorkeled again.
04:36Clarence gave a grunt and went right back to his mud.
04:41Clarence liked corn in the cob.
04:43Micah asked Katie if she wanted to feed the pig.
04:46Katie looked at Clarence's dirty face and snorkeling nose and thought, maybe not.
04:52Orby wanted to, for sure, if Clarence wouldn't bite.
04:55Micah told them that actually pigs were very clever and very friendly and a little dirty.
05:04Orby held out the corn cob and Clarence pulled himself out of the mud and trotted over.
05:09He made a snorkeling sound, which Orby was sure meant thank you.
05:14Micah agreed.
05:16Then Katie saw a whole bunch of chickens.
05:18They were busy clucking and pecking the earth.
05:21When Orby ran over to see them, five of them jumped up in the air and flew a few feet
05:26away.
05:31Orby felt terrible that he had scared them.
05:33Micah smiled at his friend.
05:35Chickens just do that, he said.
05:37Then he held up his hand.
05:39He said that it was always a good room to be a bit quiet and walk slowly when you're around
05:45animals.
05:46Orby nodded his head.
05:48He would remember that.
05:50Micah asked his friends if they wanted to feed the chickens.
05:54Katie took one look at the beak of the chickens and shook her head.
05:58Micah picked up the pan and filled it with grain from another barrel.
06:03He told Katie that these animals might be the best ones for her to feed
06:07because all she had to do was sprinkle the grain on the ground.
06:10The chickens did the rest.
06:13Micah threw a few grains on the ground near the chickens.
06:15All the chickens clucked and raced for the grain.
06:18Their heads bobbed up and down.
06:21This was certainly the best animal to feed at Micah's farm.
06:25Katie took the pen and threw handfuls of grain on the ground.
06:29The chickens hurried over to the food.
06:32Katie chuckled.
06:34As she walked around, a whole bunch of chickens trailed behind, eating the grains she was throwing.
06:40Just then, Micah's mom appeared with spirit.
06:43She wondered if anyone would like to ride on his back.
06:46Katie was a bit nervous.
06:48But when she saw Orby and Micah up there, she thought maybe she could do it too.
06:53Micah told her he would hold her tight.
06:55And that's exactly what he did.
06:59They walked around the whole farm and had a wonderful time.
07:04When it was time to get down, Katie gave Spirit a hug.
07:08Then she gave Micah a big hug for sharing his farm and all of his wonderful animals with her.
07:15Orby thanked them too.
07:17Katie said she thought the animals were very lucky to have a farmer as terrific as Micah.
07:22And do you know what?
07:26I think they really were.
07:30Did you know?
07:32Did you know?
07:35Did you know?
07:36Did you know?
07:39Elephants threw dust all over themselves to keep little bugs off and help them stay clean.
07:49You can bet that if you threw dust all over yourself,
07:53your clothes would end up in the washing machine.
07:56your clothes would end up in the washing machine.
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