A Goat Note

There's a house at the front of our neighborhood that has a metal yard art goat in the front yard. Every day they move the goat somewhere else in the yard, so it looks like he's grazing and exploring all over. We love it. The neighbors love it. He's become our unofficial neighborhood mascot. The Boy wants to slow down so we can spot him every time we come and go.

Then, at the end of the school year the goat looked like this:

And THEN, one day when we drove by the goat had had BABIES:

We don't know the owners of the goat, but The Boy loves them. So one day last week he decided to write the goat a note. Never being one to shy away from shenanigans, I was all too happy to help. He told me what to say and I wrote his words. 

It says 

"Dear Goat, 

Do you like super heroes? I like super heroes. Are you a boy or a girl? What are your babies' names? Do you want one of my capes? Do you like gorillas too? Do you know the muffin man? Is your favorite animal a spider or a ghost or anything?"

We delivered the goat note, along with one of his spare capes. He was very clear that we wouldn't give the goats all his capes, because one day his brother might want to wear one. The Boy was pleased. I was pleased. I figured this was the end of the story. 

Then the next morning I was tagged in a post in our neighborhood Facebook page. It was from the goat owners. It included a picture of the goat in the cape, as well as a message: 

"Please tell The Boy we got his note and thanks for the cape for the goat and yes he likes Super Heroes....Batman and Superman and Spider-Man are his favorites. The goat is a boy named Billy. Have not named the babies yet...could you help us with that? The goat does know the muffin man.....he lives on Drury Lane......been there. Billy's favorite animal is a rabbit....you may even see a brown one in our yard running around. Have a great summer!" 

The Boy asked me to write back and submit the following names for the baby goats: My-oh, Tio, Sandman, and Goat. 

The world is really filled with some wonderful people. And goats.