Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong. Keep skunks and lawyers at a distance. Trouble with a milk cow is she won't stay milked. Don't name a pig you plan to eat. To know how country folks are doing look at their barns, not their houses. Don't sell your mule to buy a plow. Meaness doesn't happen overnight. Teachers, moms, and hoot owls sleep with one eye open. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.