We asked him what was so funny. He told us about what the young mule did in the fields. Every time Pa got to the end of a row, and turned around to plow another row the mule would prance for three or four steps. Pa said when the mule did it the first time he thought that there might have been something under the his hooves. Pa found out on the next turn the mule did the same thing.
Every mule is a little different.
I think he's getting his step right with me. He might stop it after we work together a little longer. Stomper never did, every time Pa turned to plow another row Stomper would prance. Tim wanted to call him Prancer. We all thought it made him sound like Pa was plowing with one of Santa's deer.