Kept 'fair'? That is where the goat went, and a county fair is where goats are meant to be. The news is how it got there. Pygmy goat rode police cruiser: you can see it, small and pleased with itself, on the back seat. 'Friendly' is a feeling, and 'Ohio' belongs to the church, not the goat.
This one really happened. On Sunday morning a youth pastor in Van Wert, Ohio, rang the police about a goat outside the church. Officer Tyler Myers found it, had nothing built for carrying farm animals, and did what he does with anyone he picks up: back seat, off to the fairgrounds, where the county fair was being set up. Body cam shows the goat hopping out on a leash. It was tagged, its owner was found, and it was the first goat call of Myers's career.
Every word, accounted for
AfterA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
callHow it started. Somebody rang. The ride is what happened.
fromA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
anA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
OhioWhere it happened. A goat rode a police cruiser in any state, and the word belongs to the church anyway.
churchWhere the goat was standing when the call came. The ride is the news.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
friendlyA feeling. You cannot check a feeling, and a grumpy goat would have had the same ride.
pygmyWhich goat. A pygmy goat is small enough to sit on a back seat, and you can picture it.
goatWho rode.
rodeWhat happened.
toA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
countyGoes with fair. Keep it and it wanders over to police, and the sentence never said county police.
fairWhere the goat went. Goats belong at fairs. The news is the car it arrived in.
inA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
backGoes with seat. The cruiser already puts the goat in the back.
seatThe picture, but cruiser already says it. Anyone who has sat in the back of a police car knows which seat.
ofA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
policeWhose car. Without it, cruiser is just a car.
cruiserThe thing the goat rode in. That is what makes it a story.