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Tall Ears and Short Tales:Observations from the Barn
 
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Tall Ears and Short Tales:Observations from the Barn (Paperback)

by Carol M. Chapman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse.com (13 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0595289355
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595289356
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,700,000 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Carol Chapman sold her home in Connecticut, she soon found herself on one of those roads less traveled...and that has made all the difference. Arriving in Texas, she bought a ranch and created The Last Refuge, a sanctuary for unwanted dogs, cats, goats, and, most of all, for horses, mules, and donkeys that were destined for the slaughterhouse. Meet Chipper, a chocolate Lab who not only participates in nursing horses back to health, but has also raised cats, lambs, and baby chicks. Learn how goats secretly yearn for the mountains of their ancestors and happily leap onto the hood of a car to illustrate that point. Follow Chapman around for a day and discover that it's hard to get out of shape when caring for horses--if lugging what has to go in one end (massive buckets of water, sixty-pound bales of hay, and fifty-pound bags of grain) doesn't keep a waistline trim, shoveling up piles of what comes out the other end will. Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a hay bale, and enjoy Chapman's unconventional collection of earthy, hilarious, but always heart-warming and timeless reminiscences.


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When Carol Chapman sold her home in Connecticut, she soon found herself on one of those roads less traveled…and that has made all the difference. Arriving in Texas, she bought a ranch and created The Last Refuge, a sanctuary for unwanted dogs, cats, goats, and, most of all, for horses, mules, and donkeys that were destined for the slaughterhouse.

Meet Chipper, a chocolate Lab who not only participates in nursing horses back to health, but has also raised cats, lambs, and baby chicks. Learn how goats secretly yearn for the mountains of their ancestors and happily leap onto the hood of a car to illustrate that point. Follow Chapman around for a day and discover that it’s hard to get out of shape when caring for horses—if lugging what has to go in one end (massive buckets of water, sixty-pound bales of hay, and fifty-pound bags of grain) doesn’t keep a waistline trim, shoveling up piles of what comes out the other end will.

Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a hay bale, and enjoy Chapman’s unconventional collection of earthy, hilarious, but always heart-warming and timeless reminiscences --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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5.0 out of 5 stars How can someone mix tears and laughter so well?, 27 Nov 2003
My wife got this book and after reading it gave it to me without telling me why I should read it. I expected a funny, fluffy, book, and instead got hit between the eyes by a book that surrounds you with the depths of emotion, from happiness to deep sorrow. Not only does this book display the feelings of the author, it drags the reader right into them. I felt as if I was suffering right beside her and when she talks about the pain she feels for horses I (have to admit) wiped a few tears away before my wife could see them. An old cowboy like me should just not cry that much over a book.

Don't get me wrong, there are many places where I laughed, pointed out things that reminded me of my own experiences, and during the story about her dinner party, I just plain howled out loud. But the other parts, the feelings of helplessness when it all goes so terribly bad, those are the ones that touched me the most.

The only criticism I have is that it leaves me wanting to hear more, especially about that cute donkey on the cover. She better get another one out soon, I have a birthday coming up in a few months and I want the next installment of the barn stories for it.

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