Arizona in the Saddle September 2014 Issue | Page 32

Leadership from a Pair of Smelly Geese, go figure!
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goose dance. Finally we would manage to
circle up and herd the geese to the chicken
coop door. They would reluctantly jump
over the threshold and we would quickly
and I must admit, sometimes angrily slam
the door shut behind them while shouting
angry words and stomping toward the
house. The geese were not happy. The kids
were not happy. I was not happy.
The geese began to consume my
thoughts. What motivated these stupid,
stinking, stubborn birds? Why did they
have such a mind of their ow