The farmyard beyond the farmyard beyond

Sally started to show Maude the little map she had been carrying with her and as Maude started to earn more about the COA and about our message trying to get people to eat less meat, she grew very interested in becoming a part of the cause.

"People will always eat meat," Sally told her, "we have come to accept this, but they have been eating more and more meat per person than ever before and we are trying to slow that down a little bit."

Sally gave all the statistics I had given during my stump speech. She said she knew turning all people into vegans was not realistic, but did they have to eat SO much meat?

Sally remembered her talking points well.

Maude had a small group of animals of her own that she confided in and they agreed to send a scout towards the direction further on from where Sally had come from, the farmyard beyond the farmyard beyond her home.

They agreed to help form a chain of farmyards to try and spread the message and unite the animals of the county. Next steps were vague as to how they would influence actual humans but the first step was clear: to get as many animals to understand their place in the food chain as possible.

They sent a brave duck named Ben with the message to the farmyard beyond the farmyard beyond, Sally told me, and it was at this point that she had a decision to make.

She could either return to us and report back as promised or wait until Ben got back from the next farmyard on with his report and she'd have even more to say.

She decided to stay and Maude agreed that it was not safe for her to return to our yard and then risk another whole journey just to learn what Ben had learned.

So she stayed there.

Ben returned after a week with the news that not only had the farmyard beyond his agreed with their messaging, they had agreed to send their own scout to find the next farmyard.

Sally could not wait to come back and share this news with us. She left that night and almost got scooped up by an owl on her way home but managed to run and hide until morning.

Then she came home a couple of days ago and you are nearly caught up now.

All that remains is to tell you what we are planning to do with all this information, but that will have to wait for another night as this turkey is very tired.

Love love love you all. 💓🦃