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The Three Farmers By Eli Cimino

Once there were three farmers that lived right next to each other. They lived in a place in Texas, in basically the middle of nowhere, except there was a small town. One farmer was named Miles, another was Joe, and another was named Jack. Miles was old and that made it hard for him to work, and to make matters worse, he was very poor. Jack and Joe where greedy brothers that where always trying to steal some of the few items Miles possessed.

One day, Jack and Joe decided that they were going to kill Miles’ cow for revenge when Miles had outsmarted them. They knew that This cow kept Miles alive, because it gave him milk that he could sell. Jack and Joe knew this but they hated Miles so much, they didn’t care. They hated him so much because he was clever, and they where not.

At midnight, Jack and Joe crept into the shack where Bessie, the cow was sleeping, and killed her by stabbing her with a knife. The next day, Miles woke up to feed Bessie. When he got to the shack where she slept, he tried to wake her up, but finally he realized she was dead.

When Miles realized this, he thought, “Well, at least I can sell her hide.” Miles knew that he couldn’t get very much money from selling a regular cow hide, so he cut unnoticeable slits in her skin and then put all the change he had in her hide. He started walking to town with a smile on his face, for the first time in years. When he reached the hide shop, the shop owner said, “How much for that cow hide”?

Miles said, “It’s weight in gold.”

“Why, this is an outrage!” The shop owner screamed. Miles then hit the hide, and 2 pennies came flying out.

“Are you sure you don’t want this priceless hide that gives money every time you hit it?” After Miles was done convincing the man that it was worth a lot of money, the shop owner finnaly gave in and bought it. Miles walked away a rich man.

When Jack and Joe saw the big pack of shiny gold that Miles was carrying, they were furious. A couple days later they found out from some careful spying that miles sold a cow skin, and he got a lot of money. They then killed one of their cows and carried the hide to the hide shop. The day before that the hide that miles sold ran out of change, and the hide owner was furios. When jack and joe came in with another cow hide, the shop owner was so mad he chased them out of his shop with a butcher's knife. After this experience, Jack and joe where even more ready for revenge on miles. They were so mad that they went and got a rope and a sack, and waited until Miles came out from his house. Then they jumped out and put Miles in the sack and then tied the moving sack to a tree, Beside the river.

A little while later, Miles heard the distinct footsteps that could only be… Well, a person’s footsteps. Miles screamed, “Kind person, I am going to be carried off by the kings guards in an hour to see him, and I'm an impatiant person so would you like to come in my place?”

When he heard this, this man was very excited. Quickly he untied the sack and Miles jumped out and he jumped in because he had always wanted to meet the king in person. Just then Jack and Joe walked around the corner and picked up the sack and threw it in the river. A couple hours later the man figured out that he was in water, and by some miricle he got out of the bag and swam to the shore. The man realized he had been tricked, but he thought that because Jack and Joe threw him in the water, it was thair fault. Miles went home, and when Joe looked into Miles house, he saw him. Joe screamed because he was so mad Miles was alive, and when he told Jack, they were both so outraged that they decided to kill Miles, an since they had figured out from experience that Miles was smart so this time they thought for a while, and finally they came up with a plan. The plan was, invite him over for dinner and poison his drink, and then bury the body. The next day, when jack and Joe invited Miles over for dinner, Miles was very suspicius.