Story of Mort Cattle

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The plane had finally returned to australia and Mort and his friend Maynard went to the airport, when they were walking they were being threatened by protesters and spat on " baby killers" they yelled out,

a hippie attempted to fight Mort and Maynard but the security blocked him, Mort grew disappointed as he was mistreated by people along with the rest of the soldiers

they left the airport and went to a bar to drink, Mort started to drink a shot of whiskey while Maynard was drinking some liquor "hey wanna go fishing" he asked " I will but only with my left arm because of my broken right arm" Mort said

They walk outside and call a taxi, a few minutes later, Mort and his friend get out of the taxi and go to the harbour, Maynard gives him a fishing rod on board and starts the boat, Mort starts to hold the rod with his cast despite it causing him pain

He manages to catch the fish which was a tailor and Maynard smiled "I knew you could do it" he said, they started catching more fish and left the harbor as the sun was going down

Maynard returned to his house and his girlfriend was happy to see him, Mort then went inside the house and Maynard started cooking fish and they started eating them at dinner time

Mort then said goodbye to Maynard and walked to his house, he takes a shower before going to sleep, he puts his bag and clothes in a closet and turns off the lamp and sleeps with a blanket

Suddenly, he starts having trouble sleeping due to having nightmares of his time at vietnam

Loud noises were going in his head such as gunshots, he had memories of carrying a dying soldier, a hut burning, dead soldiers and civilians

he wakes up in the morning with a tired look on his face, he gets a call on a telephone saying that he needs to meet the sergeant

Mort leaves the house with his uniform on and walks to his 1960 chevy truck and drives from his house, he then goes to the military office along with Maynard "hello lads, good to be back" said walter,

sergeant Walter awards them with upper ranks and received medals for their service of the vietnam war, sergeant walter salutes them and mort and Maynard salute before leaving the office

Mort got back home with his picture and locked his ranks in a footlocker, 2 weeks later, Mort's arm is no longer broken and he removes his arm cast, he then drives his car for an hour to chapman valley,

he meets a female red heeler who is a horse rider with a horse with a white mane and brown coat "hello what's your name" she said

"my name is mort and I wanted to ride a horse" mort informed, the horse rider gave him a horse to ride on and he rode the horse, she got on her horse and followed him

37 minutes later, they go back to where they started "hey wanna come to my house" she asked "sure why not" mort said, she rides on her horse while Mort drives his truck,

20 minutes later, he gets out of his car and sees that she lives in a farm and puts her horse in a barn "my horse is named marigold and I often take her for horse racing" she said

"you know, I had a family that grew up in a farm, they would take care of cows and ducks" he said "I'll show you around in my farm" she said, she shows mort a chicken coop, the goat pen and a barn for her horse and 2 cows,

she compliments Mort's hat "I like your slouch hat, we're you in the military" she asked "yeah, me and 30 of the australian troops went to vietnam to fight alongside the Americans but I had to return home when my arm was broken and thanks " Mort said,