Smart as an Ox

Beasts of Burden
Bright, Gentle and Strong

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  The yoke's clatter signifies the workday's beginning.
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  Directing the team's mighty brawn requires only a verbal command.
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  Oxman Darin Tschopp trains the animals he refers to as "my guys."
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  The fur from an ox's back is shorn for use in the brickyard and at the wigmaker's shop.
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  A slender goad is the only persuasion needed to lead the heavy steps of these ruddy behemoths.
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  An empty cart makes for a light burden on this dappled afternoon.
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  A team of Randalls in placid toil.
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  Oxen invert a field, their dragging plow churning a wake of dark soil.
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  Their task increasing by the shovelful, a team awaits its burden.
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  A lumbering pair shoulders a load of hogsheads.
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  An ox pulls a cart past a Greek Revival church, erected in 1856 on Market Square.