"It works!" Al said.
"Running water yet!" Ted exulted, "Even if it is muddy!"
"It'll clear itself in a few hours."
"Don't you think we should have a faucet on this gooseneck?"
Al shook his head. "Not in cold weather. It don't freeze 'cause it runs fast. Come spring, we may tie a faucet onto it."
"What do we do now?"
"Go home. It's quittin' time."
Ted was surprised to find that long evening shadows were slanting across the valleys. They had worked hard, and perhaps that had made the day seem so short. Only when they climbed back into the pickup for the ride home did he realize that he was very tired. He tickled Tammie's silken ears.
"Tomorrow's another day," he murmured.
"Yep," Al agreed somberly, "and another day brings more work. Reckon I'll take after that coyote. He's got to be caught. You want to saw wood?"