The Cow Chronicles Part 2 (Finally): An Old Acquantaince

Running through the middle of the small, unnamed Wisconsin town where this story takes place was Main Street. It was, quite possibly, the most generic Main Street ever created. You could have moved the entire street to a different town, and it would fit in perfectly. It was as if every aspect of the street was ticking a box for “small town Main Street,”

It was a Sunday evening, and most of the businesses were closing for the night. Tired citizens shuffled to their cars, which in turn sleepily rolled down the street. A breeze picked up, blowing a crumpled newspaper across the sidewalk. It skittered past the generic stores, until it came to a stop in front of an electronics store, where it was stepped upon.

Farmer Bob stopped and looked down at the tattered newspaper. LOCAL FARMER AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM the headline proclaimed. Below it was a picture of Farmer Joe smiling and waving. Bob clenched his fist in fury, and stomped furiously across the street to the only store still open. The crimson glow of EXPOSITION ELECTRONICS flickered on and off, illuminating the battered concrete of the sidewalk. Farmer Bob angrily shoved open the door.

Exposition Electronics was a small store, with barely anything inside. There was only a bank of muted televisions facing the window, a small display case full of cellphones, and a desk where a man wearing a trench coat and sunglasses typed away on a laptop.

“Welcome to Exposition Electronics how can I help.” A disembodied, male-sounding voice emanated from somewhere within the trench coat.

“It’s me, you idiot!” Farmer Bob shouted as he lunged at the figure, tearing off the trench coat and sunglasses. Below them sat a pig tapping away on a small, grey tablet. “It’s finally time to get those cows!”

“Yes I remember”, the pig replied.

Farmer Bob pulled out a cell phone, and dialed a phone number.

(Yes, I know this story is pretty short, but I want to start up again slowly so I can post more than once a month)