No Secrets

Isabelle looked worried as she walked into the living room. "Mom says you're going to have surgery on your back," she told her dad.

Dad nodded. "Yes, I've had a sore back for a long time. The doctor says an old injury is causing the trouble. I was butted by a goat years ago."

"Butted by a goat?" asked Isabelle. "How'd that happen?"

"My grandfather always kept animals, and one was a mean old billy goat. Grandpa had a high fence around the yard where the goat was allowed to be, and he warned me not to go in there. Well, one day while I was kicking a football around, it got into that yard. Instead of asking for help, I figured I could get the football myself. I went into the goat pen, and before I could get back out, the goat got me."

Isabelle was surprised. "I didn't think being butted by a little goat could hurt someone so badly."

"It wasn't a little goat," said Dad. "He was a mean critter, and he was strong. He had big horns and could butt really hard." Dad shook his head, remembe