With Dad at the Saskatoon Auction Mart

"Keep your hands in your lap
You don't want to buy anything
Like a sheep or something"
(but I do)
And the great crowd of men
And the noise
And the smell of salt and and hay and oil and manure
And we're going to the concession 
(I can't believe it!)
And I'm going to get a Vico (that's chocolate milk) and a bag of chips
And you're getting a hamburger (too much for me)
And I reach up to take your hand in the crush
But it's not you
And I freeze

But 
Then

I find you 
And I take your hand
And everything is alright with the world again 
And it's the best day 
And I'm with my Dad
And I could have bought a sheep (or a peacock)
And I have a Vico and a bag of chips

Eight.