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The white-haired man and the young boy sat side by side warming themselves in front of the fireplace. The man turned to the boy. “Robert, did I ever tell you about the time I rustled cattle?”
The boy’s eyes grew wide. “Grandpa, You were a rustler? I thought rustling cattle was a bad thing.”
“Yep, usually is. But in this case it was a good thing and at the behest of General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.”
“Robert E. Lee, he’s the general I was named for . . .”
“Right and a fine man he was.”
“What’s behest?”
By Laurie Moore-Moore5
33 ratings
The white-haired man and the young boy sat side by side warming themselves in front of the fireplace. The man turned to the boy. “Robert, did I ever tell you about the time I rustled cattle?”
The boy’s eyes grew wide. “Grandpa, You were a rustler? I thought rustling cattle was a bad thing.”
“Yep, usually is. But in this case it was a good thing and at the behest of General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.”
“Robert E. Lee, he’s the general I was named for . . .”
“Right and a fine man he was.”
“What’s behest?”