The Goose

I didn't want to give away too much with the title but I had a funny story to share and I will type it with all my usual flair and slight exaggeration of typical Bip-story-telling.

The whole family came out of the Rexburg Temple yesterday afternoon and it had been a wonderful experience but everyone was hungry. It was time to pick up the pizza! People shuffled into various vehicles but I was left driving the 12-passenger van with mom and dad. We drove to Pizza Hut (I knew where it was!)* and picked up our 5 piping hot pizza's then I drove us back to Grandma's house. I attempted to park the van in the street but was too far away from the curb. Dad jumped out with the pizza and ran inside while mom helped me correct the parking job. I turned off the engine, opened my door and was stepping down into the street when I noticed two geese across the street sitting in the neighbor's yard. One looked normal but the other was pitch black. I've never seen a black goose and I was pretty fascinated. Then is started walking towards me. You have to understand that I can be pretty naive sometimes. I was frozen staring at the goose not wanting to scare it away as it got closer  and closer to me. Mom was standing on the other side of the car and I was telling her to see how black the goose was when she started yelling.

"Bip! That's the attack goose! It's going to come bite you!"

By that point, it was so close that I couldn't really go anywhere so I pulled my feet back into the van and closed the door mostly. The goose was right under me. It was really pretty but mom kept telling me that it would attack me if it got close enough.
I yelled back, "Well I'm stuck in the car now. What am I supposed to do?!"

I watched to goose through a crack in the door as it waddled under the car. I peeked out a little more and finally decided to make a run for it. I jumped out of the van, slammed the door and ran halfway across the street before arching back and getting in the driveway. Good thing too because Ben was just pulling up in his car. The goose kept coming for me though and I was the closest exposed person to it. By now it's neck was stretched as tall as my waist and it had a look of evil in it's eyes. I ran to the other side of Ben's car, wondering why it was targeting only me! Ben got out and stomped at it. Sarah got out and started honking at it. It honked back but started to turn around. Sarah continued honking (she's really good a that, surprisingly!) and Jon jumped out and waved his arms and yelled and chased it all the way across the street. Needless to say, we all looked a little ridiculous. I ran in the house and decided I would never be fascinated with a large bird again. Unless it was in a zoo behind a fence. Then I'll look but still keep my distance!

*that's such a cool note because I haven't lived in Rexburg for awhile but I still remembered ;)