"..... and then, Arlo took your Dad's and Milton's goat out to the desert, killed and butchered it. He told the boys it ran off, but he just gave the meat away. Grandpa Rhoades later said, "That was the best wild goat I'd ever tasted." I don't think the boys ever knew."

Perhaps, one of the reasons I enjoy old people is that they randomly slip out little confessions. Although, I suspect that it's not the first time she has told that story.