Road Construction

Midge hurried to Booker-T's house and ran through the gate.

"Hey Booker-T, Where are you?" called Midge.

"Hi Midge," smiled Booker-T as he came around the house from the back yard.

"What are you doing?" asked Midge.

"I just finished eating my breakfast," said Booker-T. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing," said Midge. "I'm just standing here."

"Did you have a good Thanksgiving with your owner's family?" asked Booker-T.

"Yes," said Midge. "There was lot of good food. Did you have a good day?"

"We did too," said Booker-T. "Everything smelled so good when she was cooking.

"I know," said Midge. "And now it is another day."

"What are we going to do today?" asked Booker-T.

"Maybe we can go to the park and ride the train," suggested Midge.

"Or maybe we can go to the petting zoo," said Booker-T. "We haven't been to the farm to visit the cows lately either."

"The farm would be fun," said Midge. "I like going to see the cows."

"Lets go see Jake and ask what he wants to do," said Booker-T. "I like seeing the cows too and they have good milk to drink when we are there."

"Maybe Jake will want to go see the cows too," said Midge. "He likes the horses too."

"Lets go,"s aid Booker-T as he ran toward the gate with Midge running behind him.

As they started walking toward Jake's house, they saw Jake walking toward them.

"Hi guys," greeted Jake as he caught up with them. "What are you doing?"

"We are walking to your house," smiled Midge.

"But I'm not there," laughed Jake with a wink.

"Funny," said Midge. "I know now that you are not there. You are here with us."

"Do you want to go see the cows and the horses at the farm today?" asked Booker-T.

"I'd like that too," said Jake. "Lets go."

They started walking away from the house and going toward the school area on the way to the farm.

"Hey Jake!" said Midge. "Look over there. what are they doing?"

Near the farm, stood tractors and trucks. A big tractor was digging dirt and a large truck with a big round thing turning round and round.

"What is that funny looking truck?" asked Booker-T.

"I think they call it a cement mixer," said Jake. "I saw one of them when they were building the house across the street from my house."

"What do they do?" asked Booker-T.

"They dump cement on the ground," said Jake.

"Lets go see what they are making," said Midge.

They walked to where the tractors were.

"Do you know what they are making Jake?" asked Booker-T.

"The sign over there says, 'Caution, Road Construction'," said Jake. "I think they are making a new road here."

"Wow there are a lot of tractors to make a road," aid Midge. "Why are they making a road here?"

"Maybe they are going to build more houses out here," said Jake.

"If they do, they will need a nice new road," said Jake.

"Lets go see the cement truck," said Booker-T.

They walked to where the truck was pouring the concrete out of the trunk They stood near the road where the truck poured the concrete and some men were using some kind of wooden broom thing making it smooth. Midge walked toward the road edge.

"What are you going to do, Midge?" asked Jake.

"I want to see the concrete," said Midge.

"Don't get too close to it," warned Booker-T.

"I won't," said Midge.

She walked to the edge and started to reach out with her front paw to touch the concrete and her feet slipped and she fell into the concrete.

"Jake!" screamed Midge. "Help me out!"

"Oh Midge," said Jake. "Booker-T told you not to get too close. Now you have concrete all over you."

"How do I get this off me?" asked Midge.

"Come on, lets run to the farm," said Jake. "They have a little pond there and you can wash it off there."

"Road Construction is dangerous, Jake," said Midge as she splashed int he pond cleaning off the concrete."

Jake and Booker-T sat down laughing at her covered in Concrete.

"Road construction isn't dangerous if you stay away from it," said Booker-T. "But you always want to get in there and see up close what is going on."

"Lets go see the cows now," said Midge. "I think I'm all cleaned up now."