The other guys working the chutes gave me high fives before I leaned over the railing to slap palms with a bullfighter named Mutt. Once I was sure he was all right, I hollered, “Yeah! Now, that’s how it’s done.”

When the eight-second buzzer went, Cole reached down with his free hand, jerked his riding hand out of his rope, dismounted, and landed on his feet. He spun twice more to the left, then jumped and kicked with a twist that should have knocked my brother off.

The bull turned into Cole’s hand and side bucked before it whipped around and reared back. The gate opened and the bull exploded into the arena with the same force as the adrenaline that shot through me.Ī country song blared over the loud speakers, and the crowd cheered as the bull cranked out a succession of belly rolls and shivers. Cole secured his hat and tucked his chin before he nodded. It was a nasty looking black and white Brahman that rammed its skull into the rail I was standing on.Īfter Cole eased down into the chute, I took a deep breath, pulled the bull rope, and slapped his back three times for good luck - just the way our dad used to. In the finals on Sunday, Cole drew a rank bull that hadn’t been ridden in fourteen outs. I was reminded of that the day my brother Cole had a bad wreck at a rodeo in Lethbridge, Alberta. Hereinafter invented, without the expressĭigital eFirst: Automatically produced by Atomik ePublisher from Easypress.Įbook Edition © March 2015 ISBN: 9780008140083įor my Papa and every other cowboy with heart and try.įacial wounds bleed a lot. Whether electronic or mechanical, now known or Retrieval system, in any form or by any means, Stored in or introduced into any information storage and No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted,ĭownloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or The non-exclusive, non-transferable right to accessĪnd read the text of this e-book on screen.

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