When I was about 15 or so, I and a couple of other guys were picking up hay for an old farmer, and a nasty looking black cloud was rolling our direction. The old man was driving the tractor - a JD 40 - and us boys were running hard, trying to beat the storm. We got the last bale on the wagon and made a hard run for the barn. Just as we pulled up in front of the barn the big raindrops started falling. The old man jumped off of the tractor and hollered for me to back it in the barn. I had never successfully backed a four wheeled hay wagon to a designated spot, and I had never been in the seat of a JD 40. I jumped on the tractor and backed the wagon perfectly up the incline into the barn on the first try, just like I knew what I was doing. The old guy was grinning from ear to ear. He told everybody for miles around that I was the best wagon backer in the community, and I've had requests all of my life to help someone learn how to back a wagon. I always stare off into the distance and change the subject, or sometimes just act like I didn't hear the request. I'm a complete phony, but I hate to bust up all of the embellished stories that have been told about my splendid abilities.
That one time was the ONLY time that I have ever successfully backed a wagon, and I've tried many times since, with every try ending in failure.
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