The COW

[LovelyLadyLux]

The only cow in a small town in Ireland stopped giving milk.
Then the town folk found they could buy a cow in Scotland quite
cheaply. So, they brought the cow over from Scotland.
It was absolutely wonderful, it produced lots of milk every day and
everyone was happy.

They bought a bull to mate with the cow to get more cows, so they'd
never have to worry about their milk supply again.

They put the bull in the pasture with the cow but whenever the bull
tried to mount the cow, the cow would move away.

No matter what approach the bull tried, the cow would move away from
the bull, and he was never able to do the deed.

The people were very upset and decided to go to the Vet, who was very
wise, tell him what was happening and ask his advice.

"Whenever the bull tries to mount our cow, she moves away. If he
approaches from the back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from
the front, she backs off. If he attempts it from the one side, she walks
away to the other side."

The Vet rubbed his chin thoughtfully and pondered awhile this before
asking, "Did you by chance, buy this cow in Scotland?"

The people were totally dumbfounded, since no one had ever mentioned
that they had brought the cow over from Scotland.

"You are truly a very wise Vet," they said. "How on earth did you know
we got the cow from Scotland?

The Vet replied with a far-away distant look in his eye: "My wife is
from Scotland"

[Brian Yare]