The Wife vs. the Goat

Usually the children rotate through milking the goat.  There have been two times that the Wife has had to stand in for a child...in two years.  That mean that the Wife and the Goat are on wonderful terms, however the relationship only extends so far...milking isn't included.
This morning the Wife had to send the Farmer's Daughter off to the Stable at six o'clock in the morning and then transfer her to next job at eight o'clock.  At seven o'clock Dear Farmer asked the Wife "Who's milking?"  The answer should have been "The Farmer's Daughter."  But she was gone.  The answer was, instead, "I am."  With a frazzled thought and morning sneezing the Wife bundled up the Itty-Farmer's Daughter, plopped her in the backpack, and away we went to milk the Goat.
First thing, find the Goat.  The Wife and the Goat have a good relationship, one that centers around the Wife bringing the Goat food.  All the Wife needed to do was call the Goat's name.  The Goat, happily, came.
Second thing, get Goat onto milking stand.  A little more difficult.  The Goat, never having the Wife(really) milk her, was confused as to why she should stand on the milking stand for this woman???  A little coaxing, a lot of nudging, and some tomatoes from the garden...the Goat decided to stand on the milking stand.
Third thing, milk the Goat.  Surprisingly easy, except if ...you have a baby in the backpack on your back(well behaved, but becoming heavy),while you are leaning over to milk the Goat, and have cats that keep wanting to go swimming in the milk bucket...THAT'S where this got difficult.  One cat actually jumped on the rim of the bucket startling the Goat and the Wife, which made the Wife jump back, the Goat jump up, and the bucket tipped over.  One quart of milk and one cat gone.  Back to milking....
The Wife brought in one quart of milk to the house.  The Whiz Bang!  Farmer's Daughter said, "Is that it?"
The Wife mumbled something about having one less cat and departed back outside.  The Goat was standing at the barnyard gate(asking to be let out)...the Wife looked at the Goat.  The Goat looked at the Wife.  The Goat stayed in the barnyard and the Wife gave her water.  The Score is Wife:1 Goat:1, but the Wife maintains control of the game.