Where my stories begin is not a teaser page and not a placeholder. It is the front door into Fence Line Rescue, an animal rescue story told by the animals themselves. This is a warm, family-friendly reading index for Season One, built so a new reader can arrive cold, meet three rescued animals, and choose a clear path through eight episodes. Jump straight to Episode 1 HERE.
Start Reading Fence Line Rescue Now With Episode 1
In this universe, stories do not start with a parade of heroes or a speech about destiny. They start on the roof of a doghouse, with floodwater lapping at the boards. They start behind the glass of a bookstore that has just closed for good. They start in a stall with a horse who lost all fourteen of his races because he kept letting the others go first.
That is what Where my stories begin means for Fence Line Rescue: the first honest moments of a rescue. An animal is found. Somebody figures out what it will take. Then a whole community has to decide whether to show up.
On the edge of Lexington, Kentucky, the city stops at a line. Rooftops on one side, black plank fences and bluegrass on the other. Right on that line sits a borrowed barn with a hand-painted sign: Fence Line Rescue & Relief. When the season begins, the rescue is one tired Director, seven dogs in crates, a silent turtle, a goat with opinions, and a coffee can full of feed-store receipts. By the end of the season, it is a whole city showing up for a slow old horse.
Season One follows Character Triangle Four:
- Banjo (the Discoverer): the beagle-basset with one ear that won’t lie down, found keeping “lookout” on his doghouse roof after a spring flood. He finds things first.
- Footnote (the Investigator): the tortoiseshell bookstore cat who outlasted her bookstore and would like it noted that she “accepted a transfer.” She keeps the record straight, with footnotes.
- Parsnip (the Experiencer): the retired racehorse who went zero for fourteen, very politely. He asks what a life is worth, and he carries what the season costs.
Their shared motion through the season is simple to remember and hard to live: Discover → Investigate → Experience. Banjo finds it. Footnote figures it out. Parsnip tells you what it means.
One rule makes this series different: the animals have names, and the humans don’t. Every person in the story is known only by what they do: the Director, the Administrator, the Fundraiser, the Vet, the Board Chair, the Junior Volunteer, and the rest. Footnote explains why in Episode 2.
This page is your Season One map. Every episode is listed below in order, with an official Series Producer blurb. Episode 1 is ready to read, and the rest are marked Coming Soon until they publish. The blurbs stay spoiler-light on purpose, especially around the hinge that Episode 8 sets for Season Two.
Character Triangle Four on the Path
Image (right, 256px): fence-line-rescue-banjo-beagle-basset-portrait.jpg, LOCKED art (art/banjo/LOCKED/banjo-LOCKED-face-C.jpg). LOCKED face master (Banjo C).
If you want faces and voices before plot, start with Character Triangle Four. That page frames Banjo, Footnote, and Parsnip as a working triad: discoverer, investigator, experiencer. This page, where my stories begin, is the narrative index that puts that triad into motion across Season One.
Image (right, 256px): fence-line-rescue-footnote-tortoiseshell-cat-portrait.jpg, LOCKED art (art/footnote/LOCKED/footnote-LOCKED-face-A.jpg). LOCKED face master (Footnote face-A).
You do not need every triangle member in every scene, and the narrators take turns. Banjo tells Episodes 1, 4, and 7. Footnote tells Episodes 2 and 5. Parsnip tells Episodes 3 and 6. In Episode 8, all three tell it together. Sometimes Banjo is alone on a roof in the rain. Sometimes Footnote is alone with a spreadsheet that has opinions. Sometimes Parsnip is the only one standing still enough to hear what a stranger needs. The triangle is a pattern of attention, not a casting checklist.
Image (right, 256px): fence-line-rescue-parsnip-retired-racehorse-portrait.jpg, LOCKED art (art/parsnip/LOCKED/parsnip-LOCKED-base-A.jpg). LOCKED base master (Parsnip base-A).
Read the triangle page for who they are. Read this page for where the season takes them.
Season One — All Eight Episodes
Below is the locked Season One list for Fence Line Rescue. Titles and preferred slugs are fixed (Series Producer + CEO aligned). Blurbs are official Series Producer copy, spoiler-light and careful around Episode 8’s hinge. Episodes marked Coming Soon get their links as they publish.
Episode 1: The Dog on the Doghouse Roof
Go to Episode 1: The Dog on the Doghouse Roof
Blurb:
Banjo’s turn. After a spring storm floods his backyard and his Person goes where dogs can’t follow, Banjo keeps watch from the roof of his doghouse, until a woman in a muddy truck climbs the fence with a sleeve of crackers.
Season One begins here: one dog, being good as hard as he can.
Episode 2: A Footnote Is Where the Truth Goes
Go to Episode 2: A Footnote Is Where the Truth Goes
Blurb:
Footnote’s turn. The bookstore cat who outlasted her bookstore was not rescued. She accepted a transfer. Then she saw the rescue’s paperwork.
Episode 3: Zero for Fourteen
Go to Episode 3: Zero For Fourteen
Blurb:
Parsnip’s turn. A retired racehorse who never won a race arrives at the barn, and he is the most expensive thing that has ever happened to the rescue. The bake sale does not cover it.
Episode 4: The Pie-a-Month Club
Episode 4: The Pie-a-Month Club
Blurb:
Banjo’s turn. The rescue needs things to auction, so Banjo goes door to door. Everybody in town has something to give, including the people who say they don’t.
Episode 5: The Spreadsheet Has Opinions
Episode 5: The Spreadsheet Has Opinions
Blurb:
Footnote’s turn. The Board wants to know if this little rescue is really ready. Footnote has been sleeping on the keyboard for months, and she has the answer.
Episode 6: Tell Them About the Horse
Episode 6: Tell Them About the Horse
Blurb:
Parsnip’s turn. The best promotion isn’t a flyer. It’s a slow old horse with a story, and a stranger in the comments who remembers him.
Episode 7: Going, Going…
Episode 7: Going, Going…
Blurb:
Banjo’s turn. Seven days. One online auction. One dog who doesn’t understand why everyone keeps refreshing a phone, and a whole city about to show up.
Episode 8: Everybody Gets a Bowl
Episode 8: Everybody Gets a Bowl
Blurb:
All three, together. The auction is over, and now comes the part most people skip: thank you. For three animals who were once alone, home turns out to mean more than one thing.
Continuity lock: Episode 8 is the Season One hinge into Season Two, an open ending, not a series finale. The “& Relief” on the barn sign is there for a reason.
Real Rescues, Real Fundraising
Fence Line Rescue is fiction. The way it raises money isn’t. Every episode ends with a short box called How Real Rescues Do This, with the practical lesson behind the story. If you help run a rescue, a shelter, or any small cause, start here:
- The whole picture: how a rescue like ours runs an online charity auction, from a free account to launch day
- What to auction: Ideas for what to auction (yes, dog-walking is on the list)
- Are you ready? find out if your group is a good fit for an auction
- Getting the word out: ways to get people registered before opening day
When you’re ready to talk it through, Your Charity Auction offers A free Intro Call For Your Own Rescue’s Auction
How to Read Season One
If where my stories begin is your first stop, use this path:
Image (right, 296px): fence-line-rescue-banjo-at-the-fence-line.jpg, LOCKED art (art/banjo/LOCKED/banjo-LOCKED-body-A.jpg). LOCKED body master (Banjo A). Swap for the Character Triangle Four group image once all three animals are locked, to match the model’s triangle image here.
- Skim Character Triangle Four so Banjo, Footnote, and Parsnip have faces and voices in your head, or peek the cast map at my characters.
- Start at Episode 1 and read in order through Episode 8. Every episode sets up something a later one pays off: a phone photo, a list of names, a pie, a blank quilt square.
- Read the How Real Rescues Do This box at the end of each episode if you help a cause of your own. Skip it if you’re just here for the animals. Both are fine.
- Treat Episode 8 as a season hinge into Season Two: an ending that completes Season One without pretending the story of Fence Line Rescue is finished.
- When you want the wider door into how stories start here, visit where my stories begin, or explore every series in the Performance Blogging Story Universe.
- If you want to stay close to new work from Don Lamoureux / RRR at 2n06.com, there is a soft join path, optional and never required to enjoy the stories.
This page exists so the beginning is easy to find. Fence Line Rescue was written for readers from ten to ninety: grandparents reading to grandkids, kids reading to dogs, and anyone who has ever loved an animal somebody else gave up on. You’ll laugh. You’ll probably cry at least once. Nobody gets hurt on the page. Season Two is where the “& Relief” on the sign becomes the next story: not a reboot, not a reset, a continuation with heart.
Return to home anytime. Come back here when you need the Season One index without hunting through archives. This page is meant to stay useful: a real reading door, not a thin coming-soon sign.
FAQ
What is this page?
This is the Season One reading index for Fence Line Rescue on 2n06.com. It is a front door into eight episodes, Character Triangle Four, and the Discover → Investigate → Experience path, not a placeholder and not a finale page.
What is Fence Line Rescue about?
Fence Line Rescue is an eight-episode animal rescue story told by three rescued animals: Banjo the dog, Footnote the cat, and Parsnip the retired racehorse. It follows a tiny rescue in a borrowed barn on the edge of Lexington, Kentucky, as it grows from a coffee can of receipts into a city-wide online charity auction.
What order should I read Season One?
Read Episodes 1 through 8 in listed order. Titles and slugs are locked; episode pages go live at the links above as they publish. Starting at Episode 1 lets you meet Banjo on his roof and keeps Episode 8’s hinge earned.
How does this relate to Character Triangle Four?
Character Triangle Four introduces Banjo (Discoverer), Footnote (Investigator), and Parsnip (Experiencer). This page puts that triad into Season One’s story order. Use the triangle page for who they are; use this page for episode order and stakes.
Is this a real rescue?
No. The rescue, the animals, and the people are fictional. The fundraising methods in the story, and in each episode’s How Real Rescues Do This box, are real, and they are the same ones small rescues use.
Why don’t the people have names?
It’s a rule of the series. The animals have names. The humans are known only by what they do: the Director, the Fundraiser, the Vet, and so on. Footnote explains it in Episode 2: humans keep changing their names depending on who’s talking, but what they do stays put.
How do animal rescues use online charity auctions?
A rescue gathers donated items and experiences from local businesses and supporters, sets a date and a goal, gets people registered, and runs the auction online for about a week. The story walks through every step across Season One. For the practical version, see Real Rescues, Real Fundraising above.
What does Episode 8 mean? Is it the end of the series?
No. Everybody Gets a Bowl is the Season One hinge into Season Two. It closes the season’s auction story with thank-yous and happy endings, then opens the next door. It is not the full-series finale of Fence Line Rescue.
Will there be a Season Two?
Yes. Episode 8 is written to turn into Season Two. Details stay spoiler-light here; the barn sign already gives one hint.
Are the episode blurbs final?
Yes. Episode titles, slugs, and blurbs are Series Producer official. Episodes marked Coming Soon get their links as each page publishes.
Is this safe for a general / AdSense-friendly audience?
Yes. Fence Line Rescue is written for readers from ten to ninety: no profanity, no romance, nothing graphic. The sad parts are handled gently, and every animal’s story is told with dignity. Final ad placement follows the markers in the body.