i was feeling frantic and almost feverish as i combed bonnie's hair and added the ribbon to her tail. the smell of hay and meling sounds of other calves was all around us. bonnie turned her head to look at me as if to say "what in the world are we doing at the fargrounds?" there was no way that she knew what was happening but for me this was culmination of several months of work. if bonnie returned home without a prize, then she would go back to her comfortable life on the farm, but i wound be heartbroken