asks. Plus, the girls are the official
chicken catchers. "Sometimes a
chicken will escape when their cage
is being cleaned," grandma Connie
says. "Then it's the girls' job to run
after the chickens and catch them.
They're very fast, they're good at
it."
Ashley is a 5th grader and Leah is
a 4th grader at Lowell Elementary.
With school starting, the girls plan
to get up even earlier to take care
of the animals.
"We're hoping that we can do
early chores and then do virtual
school with grandma," they say.
"We'll milk the cow a little earlier.
She won't mind."
Aspen and Leah say taking care
of the "zoo" is more fun that
work, but Aspen says she used to
be terrified of the barn.
"When I was little, I didn't like
the pens with the animals. I was
afraid. But now I love it!"
Leah, on the other hand, would
try to ride on the turkeys.
The girls learn a lot from their
"pets." Leah, for instance, tells
us that goats only have bottom
teeth, not top teeth. While she's
talking, one of them tries to eat
her shoelaces.
"They eat everything!" she
exclaims with a smile.
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