Hey guys we are really in
a neat corner of the world.
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I love it here, it's beautiful.
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We're down in the corner
of Amish country in Kentucky.
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We just stopped in to check
out Yoder's Country Store and
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all ready on the porch we
see all kinds of wonderful bird
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houses and feeders and
lighthouses and gliders.
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We are having a ball.
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But I bet you there are
even more neat stuff inside.
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You guys want to go?
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Yeah let's go
check it out. Come on!
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We're looking around at
all the cool stuff in here.
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One thing I wanted to
show you is, can you boys guess
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what this is on the shelf?
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Pie filling! -
pie filling exactly.
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Isn't that the most
ingenious thing you ever saw?
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This is cherry pie filling.
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You just cut off the end
there and squeeze it right into
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the pie shell and they have
got Apple and cherry and lemon
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and strawberry, any
flavor you would want.
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Oodles and oodles
of stuff of every kind.
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Oh and look, I love
handkerchiefs and I think I will
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get me one or two of those.
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I like the blue one with
the pink, this one, let me have
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this one. Do you like
the one with the horses?
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Well that would be cool,
would you like to have one for
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a souvenir? You
guys pick one out.
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A souvenir is something
to remember the day by.
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Tiera come here I
want to show you something.
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Somebody told me you
did something naughty?
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That is hard to believe,
but how would you like to get
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paddled with that?
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Ha, ha, she's not
having no part of that.
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It says grandma's
paddle, look at that.
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It is just soft
and sweet as a pillow.
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Yep that's a
grandma's pillow alright.
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You don't really want to paddle
the kids like the moms do.
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You do with lots of
love, a very soft touch.
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Yeah, and look at the ones with
the shades on them over here.
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Those would be like in
the parlors or sitting room.
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Well what did you
boys find? Oh cool!
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Yeah look at the tires,
someone's really talented,
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aren't they? Is
this cute or what?
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It's got color
pockets for color crayons.
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Isn't that cool? - oh cool!
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They are real. But
there's one Thomas the Tank.
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Let's see, Cow Jumped over
the Moon, and a quilted one.
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Alrighty, we have been
looking around the store and
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finding so many interesting
things, it's been a blast.
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You know what guys? I
happen to know there are some
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horses waiting
for us down the road.
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Do you want to go? -
yeah! Alright let's go.
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Let's go pay for our things and
and were heading down the road.
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Ah, I made it, I made it.
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Hey I like you, you and
me are going to be pals girl.
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Yeah, good girl, yeah, Yahoo.
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It's easier
walking. There we go.
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One more time, all you
are doing such a good job.
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Whoa, slow down, good girl.
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Oh this is my first
horse ride and I love it.
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She's doing such a good
job, she is a minding very well.
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She is not scaring
me too much either.
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The other horse I have
tried to drag me through a tree.
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Ms. Bell is a
jewel, boy is she nice.
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Oh, I get to feed her an apple.
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Do you want a little
treat for taking me on such
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a nice ride? Of course you do.
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Oh she is a lady
too, look at that.
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She doesn't
want the whole thing.
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She bites in half, there you go.
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Well we have got a small
horse, and we've got a medium-
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size horse, I'm a
little taller than her.
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But I think I would like
to see a horse that is really,
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really big. Are
you game for that?
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Hey, come with me. Bye
Ms. Bell, see you later.
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Hey guess what? We found a
couple of beautiful Belgium
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horses and a hay wagon.
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We are going for a hay ride.
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Let me introduce
you to these guys.
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This is Bill, he
is a fine fellow.
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And this one on the
other side is Barney.
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They are just wonderful
and I want you to notice
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especially, look at
the size of their hooves.
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They are awesome.
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You are such fine boys,
do you think you can take all
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of us, grand kids
and me on a hay ride?
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I'm counting on it.
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Hey guys, can you
give me a hand up here?
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Lets see I'm going to
have to hike my, here we go.
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Somebody give
me a hand, alright.
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Oops let's go
again, there we go.
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I'm aboard. Alright,
this is going to be fun.
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Come on Tiera. The Amish
guy right? This is uncle Ben.
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Ha, Ha, Ha. Alright
uncle Ben hit it, let's go.
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Hup let's go. Giddy up.
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Boy look how
strong those guys are.
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I think they must work
out the field all day long,
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what do you think?
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Ah this is fun.
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I think this is my
first official hayride
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I've ever had too.
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sound of horses
hooves ( clop, clop, clop)
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Hey, these big old Belgium
horses are used for work out
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here, out in the middle
of this beautiful Kentucky
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rolling hills and they go
out into the fields all day.
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They do the harvesting,
they do all kinds of work.
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So they are really strong,
they are wonderful horses.
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They are very gentle
too, but boy are they strong.
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Aren't they Tiera? She
tried to hold them back.
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Hey guys are you having
a good time? - yeah, yeah!
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Alright I am too, this is
the most fun I have had since
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yesterday, I love
having fun with kids.
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Whew.
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We are nearing home
again and I'm thinking you guys
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haven't got my
address yet today.
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So why don't you grab a
pencil and paper and get ready
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to write it down.
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Whew, here we go, if
you are ready, here it is.
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Hey kids Graham Joyce
would love to hear from you.
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So why not sit down
and write her a letter?
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Like every grandma
she loves to get pictures,
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drawings or
anything else you send her.
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Just write to:
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So what are you
waiting for? Write her today.
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Hi there you darling grandkids.
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Come on in and find a
comfy spot because I have got
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a story to tell.
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Don't you just love
this little Amish doll?
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Notice how she
doesn't have a face.
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That's because the Amish
believe that would be making
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an image and they want to
keep the second commandment
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because they love God so much.
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Well I love the way the
Amish folks live, don't you?
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It seems slower and
more peaceful to us.
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But it has a lot of
hard work in it too.
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They don't do things
the fast and easy way.
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Even way back when I was
a brand-new kid, I always
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loved the natural
things of the outdoors.
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The old timey
things from times gone by.
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I've always wished I was
born back in the pioneer days.
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Have you ever wished that?
It seems like it would be so
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much more romantic and
adventurous to cross the
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prairies in a covered wagon.
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Or if you lived in a log
house where you had to grow all
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your own food to survive.
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Why just the thought of
wide open spaces with no fences
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in them just thrills my
heart and I want to go tramping
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all over the place
with wildflowers at my feet
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and wind in my hair.
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Well I kind of grew up
that way when I was very young.
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I guess I never got it
all out of my system yet.
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But I'm not so sure that
God wants it out of my system.
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I think that maybe God
wants us to live in a more quiet
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simple way, you know a
way that is more natural like.
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Well the Amish
people live that way.
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They live very much like
everybody did about a hundred
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years ago when there was
no electricity and no cars
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and certainly no iPads.
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Well grandpa Stu was raised
with a lots of Amish neighbors
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when he was a
boy in Pennsylvania.
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After he grew up we got
married, he took me back there
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to meet his family.
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Well his grandpa had a big
old farm in the old days, but by
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the time we went back he
had sold most of it to the Amish
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farmers that
lived all around him.
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In the early morning we
would hear the horse-drawn milk
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wagons clattering down the road.
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They would be taking the
morning milk to the creamery
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and the cheese
factory that the Amish owned.
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During the day we could
walk up the road in the other
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direction and see the men
working in the cornfields with
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teams of horses, mothers
hanging their clothes on the
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line to dry or working
with the smaller children
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in the vegetable garden.
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Farther up the road, Mr.
Miller worked in his shop where
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he made beautiful,
lovely handmade furniture.
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The older children went to
a small one-room schoolhouse
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during the day, and the
horses they rode to school,
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well they would be munching
grass out in the shade while
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they waited for
school to be over.
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It was all so peaceful, the
loudest noise you could hear
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was the buzzing of the bees.
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One evening, while grandpa
and I were sitting in the
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porch swing, he told me that
sometimes the Amish young men
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who were courting a young
lady, they would take them out
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for buggy rides on Sunday
nights and sometimes they would
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race to show off to the girls.
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Hardly were those words
out of grandpa's mouth when
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we heard the
clattering of horses hooves and
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buggy wheels on the pavement.
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Over the rise they came
side-by-side, on a narrow
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two-lane road and went
up and down over a thousand
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little rolling hills.
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The boys were yelling to
make their horses go faster,
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and the girls were
squealing in excitement
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and pretending fright.
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The boys shirts were flapping
in the wind and the girls
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bonnets flew to the
ends of their strings.
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Oh what fun, in a flash they
went past us and out of sight
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around the bend.
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But just before they disappeared
one of the girls bonnets
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flew out of the buggy.
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Oh she shrieked, but the
buggies raced on and her bonnet
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was lost, oh, what was
she going to tell her mother?
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Well I felt sorry for her
predicament so I went out to
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the road, I found
her bonnet and hung it
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on a fence post for her.
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Grandpa and I laughed and
had the best time watching
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the young folks.
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The Amish people live simply
and naturally and at a slower
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place than the
rest of us often do.
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While most of us grown-ups
are always rushing around,
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were trying to cram at least
one more thing into our day.
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Sometimes even kids get
caught up in the frenzy.
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Well with school and
music lessons and soccer and
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baseball, texting and
surfing the web and all kinds of
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other things to keep you busy.
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Now there is something
to be said for staying busy.
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After all idle hands are
the devil's workshop you know.
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But you see there is a natural
pace, a temple like music
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God has put into every
human heart to measure out
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the chaos of life.
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Do you know what a metronome is?
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Here is one that
belong to my friend Jill.
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It belonged to her grandmother,
it is very old but I think
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it is very beautiful too.
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People use it to keep the
beat of the music going at just
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the right speed.
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Now watch, if I move this
little weight up, it starts out,
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see how fast it goes?
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If I move that little
weight up, see it go slower.
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If I move it down the time
of the music will speed up.
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Well God put something
like a metronome in your heart
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to help you live in
the happiest way possible.
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He set this little timekeeper
in just the right pace to
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give you joy and
peace, energy and strength,
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music and song.
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It's not too fast and it's
not too slow. It's just right.
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You can feel it in your
chest as it goes just about the
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same speed as your heart beats.
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Solomon says it like
this, there is a time for every
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purpose under heaven, ah
there is a time, I like that.
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You see life has a
rhythm that God ordained and we
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just have to be in tune
with it to be really happy.
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There is spring and fall, summer
and winter, day and night,
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work days and Sabbath.
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It all flows together with
a certain rhythm like music.
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And giving time to
each thing in its turn
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makes life beautiful.
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Well until I see you again,
remember that you are always
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close to my heart
and I love you so much.
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You are just my
best friend ever.
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Somebody told me you
did something naughty.
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That's hard to believe.
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But how would you like
to get paddled with that?
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Ha, Ha, Ha she is
having no part of that.
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It says grandma's paddle.
It's soft and sweet as a pillow.
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Giddyup, giddyup, giddyup!
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This is as much fun as
riding a pony isn't it?
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Ah, let me see your faces, are
your tongues hanging out boys?
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I can't see anything
but slobber and slime
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flying from their faces.
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