Thinking they might hear something larger hit the bottom, they find a big, old cinder1 block and pitch it over the side. The pause and listen intently... They hear a sound, but it is coming from behind them! They quickly turn around to see a goat bearing down on them with it head lowered, flying along, its feet barely touching2 the ground, its moving so fast!
The two men pe out of its way just in time and the goat plunges3 past them, into the seemingly bottomless hole, to its doom4. The two look at each other and say, Boy that was close! We'd better get away from this thing before we end up with the goat!.
So they continue on their way down the road until they happen across this farmer working near it. The men again put their heads together and figure that the goat belongs to the farmer and the decide to tell him what happened.
Hey Mr. Farmer. Do you happen to own a goat?, one of the men asked.
The farmer replies, Yeah, why do you ask?
The men then tell what happened at the hole and how they narrowly avoided death in the hole from the speeding goat.
The farmer said, Well boys, I don't think that was my goat. You see, my goat is really old and crippled up with arthritis5. There is no way he could have been moving that fast. Besides, I have him tied to a big, old cinder block.
