Tales of a Texas Boy
Ma Yote and Her Cubs
Besides
rattlesnakes and jackrabbits, the farmers and ranchers considered
coyotes to be vermin. If the prairie wolves made the mistake of
entering the world of people, they would be killed whether or not
they’d actually done any harm.
I LIKED TO catch horny toads on
occasion and keep them in a glass cannin’ jar, which Ma lets me do
so long as I clean up good afterwards. I’d scoop up some sand and
dirt into the jar and a couple of good sized rocks for them to sit
on. I laid the jar sideways so’s they could stretch out to rest. I
learned what kinds of bugs by feedin' 'em lots of different kinds. If
they started to look peaked, I’d let ‘em go, elsewise I’d keep
‘em for a week or so. If you’re a city slicker, then I’ll tell
you that a horny toad ain’t a toad at all. It’s a flat, fat
lizard with a rough hide and a ruff of spikes ‘round its neck like
a lace collar, which some ladies, but not Ma, wore to dress up.
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