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(laughs) Yeah. You tie a goat up to a post. And then, around that post, you would- Two posts. You have a post here and then a ring of posts around it that were separated wide enough for the snake to get in, but once it at the goat or… Read More

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Mm. And to blow it out was the hardest thing ever. To blow out the yolk of an ostrich is not easy. And I took it into school the next day, and some kids had it, and they broke it. And I was so scared, and you were so mad. Read More

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This is the anaconda. Yeah, big one. I remember Grandfather telling Mom about the methods for catching large snakes. Oh, yeah. Read More

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Tying a goat up to a post?… Read More

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Remember that big drill?… Read More

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Were you allowed to bring animals to school?… Read More

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Yeah, my dad would bring ’em in. I didn’t do it. My father’d bring it in during the middle of the day for the show-and-tell. I remember we had an ostrich-egg omelet for dinner that night, ’cause we had to blow out the ostrich egg. Read More

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In the zoo?… Read More

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In Brookfield. It’s right in the zoo. Read More

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Yeah. Beautiful old house. Yeah, unfortunately, it’s no longer there. Yeah, I remember, when we were kids, you would sometimes bring home baby… Oh, lions, tigers. and we’d have to feed ’em with bottles. I was always the most popular kid at show-and-tell day (Robert laughs) Yeah. Yeah. Read More

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Yeah, “where’s my breakfast?” (Janet laughs) And you had to get on the table. Read More

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Where was this house?… Read More

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That was the alarm?… Read More

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Well, she ate the same thing every day, for the most part. Well, she ate pancakes, obviously. Yeah. Read More

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But she used to… I think I told you a little while ago about her ritual. Well, every morning, when I’d have to go down, first thing I’d do is open up her cage, or his cage. And he’d come running out, and in front of the kitchen stove, there… Read More

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Some oatmeal, maybe?… Read More

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What was it like for breakfast?… Read More

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You had to give her breakfast. Read More

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What did she do?… Read More

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How long did she live with you guys?… Read More