Episode One

Hank judd urged Star forward until palmetto fronds no longer rustled against the big gelding's front legs.He spotted a grey Brahman in a patch of scrub brush and slapped a lariat against his thigh. "Get on now".

Her calf at her side, the cow broke from her hiding place. As the newcomers trotted into the open, cow dogs walked them toward the other intruders Ty and Hank had culled from the herd of prized Andalusians.

"I think that's the last of 'em".Hank moved into place beside his friend and owner of the a Circle P Ranch.Slowly they drove the Brahmans away from the main herd, while the dogs kept strays from wandering off.

"For now". Ty Parker removed his stetson and mopped his head with a blue bandana. Fall or not,temperatures hovered above ninety degrees with the humidity so high a man could practically writng water from the air."till the next time Ol' Man Tompkins's cows decide the grass is greener on the Parker side of the fence."

Hank let his gaze sweep over the pasture on the far side of recently repaired barbed wire. The cattle had it right--the Circle P's grazing land was greener.

"Looks like Tompkins could stand to treat his grass

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