In class one day I told two stories about goats:
1) I was visiting a friend who had a horse and a goat. She told me that she bought the goat to keep her horse company. She explained that goats make good company for horses, and, in fact, that’s where the term “get your goat” (to upset you) comes from. My friend told me that thoroughbred racehorses are quite high strung, and they would have a goat as a pet in the stall with them. Sometimes right before the race, people would steal the goat out of the stall, thereby upsetting the horse enough that they would lose the race. (see link below).
2) My grandmother told about the horse she had as a child. His name was Bunker, and he had a billy goat for his best friend. They were inseparable. Well, one day, Bunker died, and they buried him on the farm. That old goat was so grief-stricken that he lay down on top of Bunker’s grave and wouldn’t move. He wouldn’t eat or drink, and he lay there until he died.
After hearing those stories, everyone in our class would understand Tito’s reference, but outside readers who don’t share our context might not.