My Childhood - The Big Red Bull (2)

My Childhood – The Big Red Bull The big red bull stared intently into my eyes as I walked past him standing in a field. I wore my red dress. The brown bull may have been eating grass when he noticed me that bright sunny day. The sun shone brightly overhead. It was apparent that the bull could clearly see that I was wearing what I believed to be his favorite color - or maybe not. The color I am speaking of is red. I stopped in front of the fence where he was standing in the green grass surrounded by trees. Our eyes made contact. I put my left thumb in my left ear and my right thumb in my right ear and fanned both hands so that he could clearly see that I was taunting him. He snorted at me. To my surprise I laughed and continued to stand outside the fence. Why was I not afraid of this animal since a bull weighs about five hundred pounds. He could have easily rammed his horns into my body. I don’t really know how strong the fence was that surrounded him. I can only guess that he couldn’t get out. From what I was told about bulls they attack. However, this bull seemed not to be very anxious about attacking me because he stood in one spot and gazed at me. It was like we were having a very intimate and silent conversation. Maybe in his own way he was saying, “little girl I don’t want to hurt you.” Or, maybe he could see that I was a little child and wanted to play. It never dawned on me that this was a very large animal who could easily have poked me with his two horns which protruded from him head. He could have knocked down the fence that contained his large brown body. But he only snorted and kept staring. I don’t know if I wanted him to chase after me so that I could run away. I don’t really know why I stood outside the fence taunting this animal. Only five years old I did not know the extent of the danger I created for myself. I just wanted to see if it was true about what I had been told. I have been told that bulls will always chase you when you wear red. Well, I don’t think I ever found out because I didn’t stick around long after he snorted at me. I turned my face forward, put one foot in front of the other, picked up speed and ran fast as I could.