Show i. i D a Evel IF I F fairy faiN irY Tale T le ledY dY GRAHAM mER 00 u nr ue MRS COWS COW'S STORY A very strange thing happened not long ago aro ago said Mrs frs Cow She chewed her cud for tor a moment or two then swished 8 her taU tan and whisked an annoying fly off ott and looked abo about t herI her I 1 heard this story from one of ot the children who had been visiting at nt the ea seashore hore She didn't tell It to me but she told the other children about it and lad I was listening As All I said Bald she had been visiting at atthe atthe atthe the seashore She told about the ocean and the swimming and the sailing She told about the castles which they built In in the sand and of h houses made of ot sand which the time ocean came nand land washed away oy I thought It rather rude of the ocean but hut then I suppose the ocean Isn't so very ery mannerly Anyway she seem to 10 mind I n l. l Hut But she said suld that one day doy the they took a drive and they drove along a road which went vent back a Ii little way Into the country At the seashore the he said sold there were no no country countr things at at nil all It was Just a little seashore place with nn an enormous lous ocean and a R lot lat of or sand as os as fur far as I could make out from her de de- The ocean at times became very rough and there were vere ere some bad l storms but she seemed to like It though I Iam Iam am nm sure I She didn't speak of postures pastures or orI I meadows or fields or streams The ocean It seems Is a n great deal larger than this stream of ours near near- by I heard her say that It made me think I 1 wouldn't like the ocean as I have said Or rather I should sa say I wouldn't like to live where she went a Rut nut upon the day she went tor tor thIs drive she spoke about they passed passed by bya a little house and ond back of time tIle house mouse were some liens hens chickens roosters I I Was Listening and a goat gont and In a tiny pasture back backof of ot that she v sa saw a cow She said the other children were all allery very ery much excited Oh Ohm yes there were other children on the ride too tUG The lime other children shouted out Oh see the cowl cow I Oh Oh see lee the cowl Now fancy Cow friends living where the sight of ot one ane cow Is somethIng something something some some- thing to shout about 1 I ICan Can you OU Imagine such a place She seemed surprised herself but she said she hadn't seen cows at the tile seashore Wu nt that a very curious thing to think of a cow being such Oil an astonishing aston aston- aston nit Ish sight that they had t to shout about It No o one goes by here and shouts out See the cow cowl 1 I Of course th they y couldn't speak of ot seIg stig Just one cow as there are lire many I r s ms here Hut But I 1 cant can't help thinking o oo o. o that that- strange strange place with lots luts und and lots lola of ocean and no cows Moo moo what a 0 funn funny world It ItIs itis Is II when you OU think In some sonic places II acts they hey dont don't have cows The world must feel very ery queer In such sucha places If 1 I may speak I uk In this fashion 1 Moo moo I 1 v Couldn't want nt to OJ be bean an hEare such rs S a seaside place where die there re was alt sand sund Instead of a u meadow So Sa I can cnn understand why wimy cows dont don't go iO there lint Hut tut I dont don't think such sucha a place can be beery very ery nice And Ill I'll tell you ou another thing Cow friends she seemed very ery glad glud to toI I get gel hack buck to the time farm again i She liked the time seashore but you OU could see she alre liked It here best It all depends upon the point of view as us people say 88 but from tram my dry cow cow- point of ot view an un enormous ocean and anda a lot of ot sand doesn't male make for fur happi hoppl- ness No give ghe me a pasture or a 0 meadow or a field and und a stream and ond some aunts woods but dont don't bother about your ur big ocean or your quantities of ot sund sand Mo loo moo said the other cows we agree with you Mrs Cow And what hot an astonishing thing to think that one cow caused so much excitement to the children who went driving I l I |