582 - MATEY

Les ATE the baked beans until he was sated. As he was finishing his drink, he checked when the food was dated and was horrified to find the beans were 3 years out of date! He wondered what he was fated for and wished he had a partner who dates his food so this sort of thing didn't happen. Les was none the worse for his feared poisoning and so set about the rest of his day. He stepped into the gated field and was approached by an angry-looking bull. But Les was used to this and pretty soon got the bull and first cow to become best mates. Once he'd done that it was time for the rest of the herd until all of them were mated. He hated this job because he almost always got his foot stood on. "I hates this job, I hates this job, …", Les muttered to himself as he went off to get himself cleaned up. He checked his dough mixture but it hadn't risen very far, so food was going to be a while. He went outside and stared out across the scenery until a rambler came along and stopped to talk. She came back a few times over the next week by which time they had become quite matey. After his new acquaintance returned home they corresponded and within a year they were heading to the church to get married.