ALL ABOUT COWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 8945, 20 December 1907, Page 3

ALL ABOUT COWS.

"I do like to go a little walk with you, papa," said little Freddie, "becatoe you know so much, and cau tell mfcibout everything." Freddie," remarked papa coraplaceiitly, "I daresay I cau answer a question or two. " They weut aloug by the side of a field aud saw a number of cows.

"I say, papa," said Freddie, "what is cows?"

"Cows," returned papa, after a little reflection, "cows are large browu animals with horns on their heads and tails "

"Tails on their heads, papa?" "No, Freddie, uot ou their heads. They eat grass and give milk." "But yomier's a white cow, papa."

"Yes, so it is. " "But, papa, you said that cows was brown auimals?"

"They're uot always browu, Freddie. " "Why are they uot always browu?" "Oh, I don't kuow." "But I thought you kuow'd everything. ' "Well, uot exactly everything, Freddie." And why do cows eat grass?" JBKMi, because they like it." why does they like it?" "Oh, just iv the same way as yon like sweets aud apple tarts." "Aud why do they give milk, papa? Why don't they sell it?" "Oh, because it they got auy money they would have nowhere to keep it." "Couldn't they keep it iv their horns?" "_no, I dou't think so." "What's their horns for? Is that what they make a noise with?" "No, they make the noise with their mouth.''

"But don't they blow their horns?" "No."

"Why dou't they?" "Oh, because—look here. I think it's time we were goiug home agaiu. "