Chapter 4

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In the sauna, Burt and Brer Fox were sitting on a bench while Brer Bear lay on the floor. 

"Ahh. I love taking a good shvitz" Burt sighed.

Brer Bear sat up and patted his head. "My fur is startin' ter frizz."

"Maybe we should head back before the wind gets worse" said Burt.

Just then, a crash was heard outside the sauna.

"Wut wuz dat?" said Brer Bear. 

Burt looked out the window and saw that a fallen tree was blocking the way out. 

"A tree fell! And it's blocking the door" he said.

"You mean we's stuck in here? MY FUR!!!!!!!" Brer Bear shouted.

He had his paws under his hat and couldn't get them out.

"Lemme guess; yo paws is stuck in yo fur again?" said Brer Fox.

"MY PAWS!!!!!!!!" Brer Bear shouted. 

Meanwhile, Patty had come back to the barn to see it was all clean.

"Well I'll be doggoned! This place looks amazing! Are the troughs full?" she said.

"Yass'm, Sis Patty" said Brer Rabbit. 

"And the goats a groomed and the chickens are cooped. We finished all our chores" said Jeremy.

"And I even had time to teach Woolly some tricks. She's learning fast" said Chad. 

"Wow! I'm impressed!" said Patty. 

But then, an old man came by and tipped his hat at her.

"Who was that?" said Patty.

"Uh... I dunno" said Jeremy.

"Prob'ly just yo run-o-de-mill drifta" said Brer Rabbit.

The man then handed Patty a check that said "Chad Stuart: $100 for chores". 

"Uh... Chad? You just got charged a hundred bucks from the Barn Buddies club" said Patty.

"It wuz only supposed ter be fifty! Uh... I means... Brer Chad, why's you spendin' munny on clubs?" said Brer Rabbit. 

Now Patty was sorta mad. "Wait. Did you hire someone to do your chores for you?"

"We did and we didn't. We did in that we did and we didn't in that..." Jeremy stuttered. 

"Jeremy! What are you trying to say?" said Chad. 

Jeremy sighed in frustration. "Very well! We did."

"You guys are totally missing the point of barn duty! Look, the reason people ask how much wood can a woodchuck chuck is because woodchucks chuck their own wood" said Patty.

"She's right, ya know" Brer Rabbit sassed.

"You were involved in this too, rabbit!" Chad snapped. 

"I am so disappointed in you fellas. And once I have cooled down, I would like that farmer's contact information so I can swap goat grooming secrets with him!" said Patty. 

Then she left. 

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