They had been gone much of the day, leaving the place unattended while checking livestock in the mountains. It had been a long trip, and the tuckered pair looked forward to going promptly to bed.

Like days of old, rustling cattle was still prevalent in the area, so the locals stayed prepared by arming themselves appropriately. The rifle rack was always filled. Shells were easily accessible in the glove compartment of the pickup truck.

They were just pulling into the driveway, well after dark when they saw lights that appeared by the creek. There shouldn’t have been any lights by the creek.

"What are those lights doing down by the creek," the cattle owner questioned? "That's pretty stupid."

"They might be rustlers," replied the foreman.

Promptly the straw boss grabbed some ammunition and loaded the rifle. Wasting no time, the pair sped down the dirt road that led to the creek, raising a cloud of dust in their wake. With true western tradition in their souls they were prepared to defend the homestead against any transgressors.

"If they want the OK Corral, by God they’re gonna get it," the over looker stated, a set expression on his face. The landowner was sitting anxiously beside his colleague, determined to shoot first and ask questions later.

"What the heck are they doing in the middle of that corn field," the proprietor inquired, puzzled by the situation? "That’s pretty stupid!"

"It looks like they’re moving closer to us, but why are they creeping along so slow and stirring up dust...," exclaimed the foreman?

"Yea, that is pretty stupid," the puzzled owner sarcastically replied. "What are they doing?"

"Look there’s four lights, not two," stated the supervisor," two closer together, then two more pointing down at the ground.

"What is it, a spaceship" the landlord replied?

With pure redneck logic, the pair rushed to block the object’s path, and turning their lights toward it their nemesis appeared.

"Ooh..., " they said looking at each other, "it’s the hired hand on a tractor planting wheat."

"Let’s get out of here before he thinks we’re stupid," the foreman said.