The First Time

Buddy & Max 8 – On a farm

Everything must have had a, first time

Must learn to walk before you, can climb

            To do, something new

            Should not, bother you

Just because it is your, first time.

 

Max loved to hear  “Ya want to go, for a ride?”

Immediately he ran to, the man’s side

            He liked to ride, in the car

            Did not have to go, very far

Max would sit next to the man, full of pride

 

Max likes going down the driveway to get, the mail

Any ride in the car never got, too stale

            To Max he was, moving

            And everything, grooving

With his head out the window wagging, his tail

 

But Buddy did not think car rides were, so exciting

The whole experience was kind of, frightening

            Buddy would pant, and drool

            Buddy felt like a, big fool

“Go for a ride” to Buddy was not very, delighting

 

One day the man visited, a farm

There should not be, any harm

            For his dogs to, ride along

            It would not, be so wrong

To spend time with new animals, unharmed

 

So off to the farm went, Buddy & Max

Max was ready Buddy almost had, a heart attack

            What new animals, could they meet

            They would do anything, for a treat

Buddy & Max both, love to eat snacks

 

So the man had to bribe Buddy, with a goodie

To get him into the car he used, a dog cookie

            Buddy was only interested, in eating

            He could not tell that he, was leaving

Buddy was not sure of where, he could be

 

When the man pulled into, the barnyard

Buddy & Max were, on their guard

            There were all sorts, of new smells

            They were hard to recognize, hard to tell

Identifying the new scents, was real hard

 

As soon as they both, left the car

They did not have to walk, very far

            Before they saw ducks, and chickens

            And they scared, the dickens

Out of them and they ran back, to the car

 

Then Buddy & Max were approached by, the farm cat

He was friendly they did not know what to, think of that

            But all the animals, on this farm

            Had their own, friendly charm

Buddy & Max did not know what to, think of that

 

Buddy & Max met all kinds of, new critters

But the bull in the pen gave, them jitters

            They kept their distance, from him

            They were glad he was in the, bull pen

They stayed with the smaller new, critters

 

Then they saw the most unusual, being

They were not sure what they were, seeing

            It was unusually, big

            The farm cat called it a pig

It was a very unusual, meeting

 

Buddy & Max made new friends, once again

Having fun they wanted the day to, never end

            But when the man said, “Go for a ride

            Buddy and Max, were at his side

In the car ready to go home, once again

 

What had Buddy & Max, just learned

They had fun on the farm they would, return

            To see their friends, again

            The farm cat ducks and, the hen

But with the bull they still had a big, concern

 

Buddy & Max saw life in, the country

Could be what you want, it to be

            They were free, to roam

            They did not, miss home

With other animals, they ran free

 

Buddy & Max went to a farm for, the first time

Everybody they met, was so kind

            The chickens and, the duck

             Had brought them, good luck

When Buddy & Max visited a farm for, the first time