![]() “Seriously? This comes with a warning?” Charlie yelled towards Beth, who only nodded happily. Vamp, according to the announcer, was sure to draw blood and cause quite a disturbance as he warned those with small children. There were fierce names, too, that had her wondering. She and others laughed aloud as one was called “Pudding” and another was “Gus”. The announcer rattled off names of what must be cowboys, and what must be their bull’s names, too. Several men swaggered out from the gate, raising their hands in salute. Just then, the clowns began to chase the horses back off of the arena floor. While Charlie had never been to a rodeo before, she found herself itching to catch one as a souvenir. A few shirts were shot into the crowd with an air gun. Several bumped into horses or pretended to tip their own hats, only to have confetti sprinkle to the ground. They were diving in and out of hollowed barrels, left and right. ![]() Rodeo clowns poured out of an entry just opposite where they sat, and she watched as their follies caused several to laugh, including herself. ![]() ![]() The cowboys tipped their hats charismatically towards the crowd and waved them, causing the flurry of noise to increase to an amazing roar that was sure to deafen them all. She had always assumed rodeos were a man’s sport – but the same could be said for turning wrenches, too. ![]() Several men and a few women, this shocked her. They circled the dirt floor easily, bouncing up and down in their saddles. Nodding, she stared as a stream of others followed out on horseback. ![]()
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