Tag! You're It!

I was tagged by Carol. This could be interesting.

Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 2 to 5 sentences, along with these rules.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual book. Pick the CLOSEST!
6. Tag five (or more) other people to do the same!

Technically, the two nearest books were steno pads so the pages would have been blank. The next closest was a bookshelf so I chose the one that would have been closest to me in terms of a direct line.

So here goes:
"Herds of sheep and beef cattle are raised on these giant ranches. Many of them are in Argentina. Drilling for oil is important in Venezuela and Ecuador. There is much mining in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile. Columbia is a world leader in platinum and the green gemstones know as emeralds. Venezuela holds diamonds and gold."

As for the tag, how about
Becky
Mary
Ann
Melissa
and Anyone that wants to just for kicks.