The Least Feast

In my neck of the woods every Saturday and Sunday from January through March is reserved for someone’s branding. So when it came time to brand my calves every available day was already spoken for. And no one dared jump on another rancher’s day for fear of being excommunicated. This meant that someone either had to die or quit ranching in order to claim their day. So for the first five years my wife and I had to brand our own calves which meant we worked them on a calf table. But please don’t tell anyone because this is a sin worse than jumping on someone’s branding day.