Amanda spent her summers on her grandparents' farm feeding the cows and working in the garden.

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She preferred working with the livestock and named every single cow in the herd:

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Milo, Janie, Timothy, Carol, Roger, Samantha, Ringo, D'artagnan, Joe, Martha, Martin, Mika, Francine, Quentin, Todd, Rex, Wilson, Victor, Lazer, and Angie.