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One evening, Joe Evans
came over to Burley Turner’s house and asked “Do you have a gun?”
Burley told him he did. Joe asked “Do you have bullets?” Burley
told him he did. Joe said “I have some guineas roosting in my barn
and they are ruining my hay. The cows won’t eat it.”
Burley gets the gun and the bullets and gives them to
Joe. Joe said “Burley, would you go up there with me”? Burley
and Joe go to Joe’s barn.
When they get into the barn, Joe said “Burley, would
you shoot the guineas for me.” Burley said “I’ll see what I can
do.” He takes aim and Joe said “Hold it! Hold it! We are going
to dress the guineas and use the meat so you will have to shoot them
through the head.” Burley said “I don’t know if I can do that or
not, but I’ll give it a try.”
He takes aim and Joe said “Hold it! Hold it! I
don’t want any holes shot through the roof of my barn.” Burley said
“Joe, I don’t know if I can shoot the guineas in the head and not
shoot a hole in the roof. Here, you take the gun and kill them.”
(A guinea’s head will bob up and down so it is not easy to shoot in the
head.) Joe said “No, no, you can do it.” Burley said "I
will try one shot and we may have to patch the roof.”
Burley took aim at a rafter and shot when the guinea’s
head came down. He shot all six guineas in the head and did not shoot a
hole in the roof of Joe’s barn.
Submitted by Jean Grimm and Ollie Blakley (as told
by Burley Turner 1/11/07)
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