{"id":61192,"date":"2025-12-11T21:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=61192"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:54:31","slug":"the-animals-talk-at-midnight-by-djk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=61192","title":{"rendered":"The Animals Talk at Midnight (by DJK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:\u00a0 Truth or myth, it would be wonderful if they did.
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 (120 words)<\/p>\n

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~*~*~ Bonanza<\/strong>\u00a0Advent Calendar ~*~*~<\/strong>
\n* Day 11 – Advent Drabbles*<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Animals Talk at Midnight<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cAdam, you gots to take me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m busy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNots now.\u00a0 Tomorrow\u2019s night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere is it I\u2019m to take you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe barn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s eyebrow cocked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy ?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo hear the animals talk.\u00a0 Hank says they talk at midnight Christmas Eve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo they all talk or just the big ones?\u00a0 Do the birds and mice…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the big ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot the bugs then?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot the bugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe horses do though; they\u2019s the ones I want to hear. Please, please, big brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam sighed, considered, and agreed.<\/p>\n

The next night the horses talked abet with voices awfully like Old Ned\u2019s and Hank\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Note:\u00a0 Day 11 of the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar was open to any member to contribute anything they wished.<\/p>\n

Link to the Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar \u2013 Day 11 – Drabble #4 – Winter Blues – AC1830<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Summary:\u00a0 Truth or myth, it would be wonderful if they did.\u00a0
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 (120 words)
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