This is always again and I told you in the last Podcast that I was going to tell you about uncle Fred's racing view and so I'm going to do that today And at least I'm going to get started on it I don't think I'll get through with the whole story today, but I'll I'll get it started on it anyway But anyway uncle Fred has got this race in mule actual He bought it from Roscoe White. It was a race in mule You know a lot of people don't know that there is racing mules But they do breed mules to race and some of them are pretty fast Well, Roscoe got a hold of one of these racing mules, but he had to sell it See he had just a woman squaring off again him and woman squaring off at him and so he had to get him some money And he sold the racing mule to uncle Fred and uncle Fred didn't need it He just tried to help Roscoe out So he bought the racing mule from him Like I told you uncle Fred has got more money than he knows what to do with so he can do that But anyway, this old mule has got an awful easy life He just stays down in the pasture or goes in the barn whenever he wants to he ain't got no work to do and These kids, you know they like him they play with him He's just as gentle as a as a kitten. He really is and he wouldn't hurt nobody But he can run I do know that I found out the hard way that he that he can he can run And I'll tell you what happened Me and uncle Fred was down there in the pasture and and so I like to aggravate uncle Fred every now and again I don't know why I do it, but I do I get a kick out of it and so what I was doing see uncle Fred He'll give you anything But if you're asking for it, but he don't like you know somebody just coming in and and and and taking his stuff or you know And I don't blame him, you know, I'm the same way I'll give you anything But I don't want you just you're taking me for granted. Well uncle Fred is the same way You don't you see and uh so I was just aggravating him one day and I said uncle Fred I'm gonna ride you mule and Uncle Fred said you leave that mule alone He said that you don't want you riding him and I said oh he he don't care uncle Fred Well uncle Fred told me again He said leave the mule alone well, he didn't that mule didn't have no saddle on him So I was just trying to aggravate uncle Fred and so I went over there and got a run at it and jumped on that mule back and That mule took off running before I was ready for him too And he just he didn't buck me off at all He just took off running He thought I wanted to race I guess and he took off running and took off before I was ready And and he run out from under me and left me hanging up there in gravity that way But and I come down to the ground natural and and it stole me up considerable uncle Fred just laughed He said now that'll learn you that'll learn you to mess with stuff and and he got it He got a kick out of it, but it it stole me up considerable But I didn't say nothing about it because it was my own fault that way and so I didn't I had it come and I know I did but I was just aggravating him is what I was doing but Anyway, these kids all come down here and they ride this mule and uncle Fred don't know nothing about it At least he didn't at the first they just ride him into pastor and uncle Fred's up at his house And he don't know nothing about them kids Riding that mule you see but they got to riding it up to his house See they like to aggravate uncle Fred too and he howlers at him calls him Whippers noppers Whippers nappers is what he calls them and gets on to him and starts up You know how learn and and saying buck them off Billy buck them off.
That's a mule's name is Billy and he says Buck them off Billy will Billy wouldn't but nobody off. You know he don't you know mules get People don't know it, but they've got good seats and they're not done lot lot of people think mules is done But they ain't mules are smart, but anyway, they get a big kick out of that and no uncle Fred start cutting him a switch See he don't quip him and so he cuts him a switch and they jump off the mule and take off running and that makes uncle Fred mad But he don't he don't hold no grudges, you know and of course he can't see so he don't know You know which kids it is that's doing it. He just he hardly see nothing It's just about lost his sight and he just you know just sees the kids, but he don't know one from another So when they come up to his house, he'll give him anything you'll give apples or peaches or you know He likes kids. He really does but he thinks kids that all the you know show respect and And kids sure they really should but they don't really mean no harm They just having fun with uncle Fred if uncle Fred didn't pay him no attention or then they wouldn't do it But see it makes him mad and so he hollers at him and that just makes him do it that much more But anyway, I'm gonna I'm gonna quit on this story today.
I'm gonna tell you the rest of it on the on the next podcast because Something really happened that was it not only was it funny, but it was it was surprising it just showed you me how how How smart a mule is and I never did hang around mules much We had horses, but we didn't have any any mules and I didn't know nothing about these mules, but I found out that they are smart and And and this old mule he showed me something so I'm gonna I'm gonna stop here and Next time I'm gonna tell you something about this mule that you might not believe but it's the truth. It really is