I have lots of "Animals Hit" stories but the funniest isan old Maiden aunt of mine (RIP) Aunt Mauzie. With her never marrying and my grandmother being a widow, the pretty much went everywhere together. One day the were driving down an old country dirt road and were approaching afrm. As they got close to the farm they sawa confusion ( yep I had to look that one up) of Guinea fowl. My aunt (who was driving) looked over at my grandmother and said, " I heard you can't run them things over." She floored the accelerator and proceeded to killed 3 Guineas. My grandmother got upset and made my aunt turn around, go back to the farm, and tell the farmer what had just happened. After explaining to the farmer what she had done, why she did it, she offered to pay him for the dead birds. The farmer stood there for a minute, looked up at my aunt and said, "I always heard the same thing. I might have tried it myself one day. You don't owe me anything. Thanks for the education."
Side story: There was a dirt road between their houses. It had a very shallow, and low grade ditches on each side, and then fields. I can't remember what caused it, but my aunt left the roadway, crossed the ditch, and entered a field. She never stopped, but over corrected, crossed the road and the ditch on the other side, entering that field. again she didn't stop, but made it back on the dirt road and continued to my grandmothers house. She told me all about it, but ended her story with, "but I never lost control!"
She was an old maid, and school marm. I do miss my Aunt Mauzie Burch. There are many other great stories about her. I was the oldest grandson, of my grandmother, and my aunt considered me as her grandchild.
