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That's little Ben. Little Ben? He's He's big Ben now. Little Ben, is that after me? Yeah. Oh, that's so cool. I say your name like 10 times a day. Do you? I Look at the size of those horns, John. Is this usual to be this kind of size? Well, his are a little larger because he's a Watusi longhorn cross. Yeah, little Ben. A Watusi is a is an African breed that's got really fat horns. Did you actually hand-rear him? Yeah. Bottle-feeding?
Bottle-fed him for 4 months. Wow, how many times a day did you have to do that? Three times a day. He still thinks I'm mama. You know, he's 5 years old. He weighs 2,000 lb. And his horns are about 70 in tip to tip. So, is he sort of the equivalent of your pet dog? He is. Uh although, he costs a little bit more to feed than a dog. It's about 300 a month. 300 bucks a month? Yeah. Ooh, that's a lot of food. Coming from New York, I would have never thought I'd have a pet longhorn, but Well, you'd certainly get a few stares if you walked through Central Park with uh with one of these boys. I can I say a
very fine name for such a horny animal. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Away from his animal pals, I've noticed this time round that John doesn't seem to be having as much human interaction. I'm just bonding. I think I'm just confusing him now. I think it's my English accent. It's a far cry from my last visit. Every week, he heads off to the Kains ranch, 5 km away, for an evangelist service in their makeshift church. Can you praise him just a moment? Hallelujah.
Can you tell him you love him? Hallelujah. Oh, glory to his name. Hallelujah. Amen. He's wonderful. GLORY TO GOD. HE'S GREAT. HALLELUJAH. A usual congregation is around 15 people. And this isn't just a church service, but a social gathering for family and friends, some of whom travel 100 km to get here. In the name of Jesus. In the name of That was a bit heavy for me for a Sunday morning. I think one of the most surprising things for me was, you know, seeing John here because it doesn't seem entirely in keeping with the way he's come from or what he's doing. But maybe it's where he's going. And in some ways it's, you know, may-
maybe he's searching for family. When John left New York, he left everything behind, including friends and an older brother who he's since lost contact with. You know, when I lived in, you know, 25 years in New York City, you know, it was all about me and, you know, doing my thing and it was wow, I was up my ass when I was in New York. And now that I've come out here, I've I've sort of started to miss the family thing and the Kanes sort of fill that in now. So they've they've kind of become your surrogate family out here. Kind of, yeah.
Once I met them and saw what kind of a tight family they were, it was kind of a nice surprise, so I'm kind of basking in it now. Right now, John's stuck with me for company.
