Smarter than Ray Bradbury
And two days later Dan came running.
"Come see the cow. I was milking her and I saw it. Come on!"
They stood in the shed and looked at their one cow.
It was growing a third horn.
And the lawn in front of their house very quietly and slowly was coloring itself like spring violets. Seed from Earth but growing up a soft purple.
-from "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" by Ray Bradbury
Do you see it already? Do you see where this is going?
Unfortunately, milk cows don't have any horns at all, as L---- pointed out in class today. She's sort of a smart-ass, but she's right. I'm just mad I didn't catch it first.
That L--- is a smartass, but she's always right.
ReplyDeleteWould you get mad at me if I bought that coat?
YES KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY JACKET, WOMAN.
ReplyDeleteI mean, no.
ReplyDeleteMust have been Maryland cows. Special ones. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which:
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces and laid it upon the altar. And then Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now, said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room raised her hand with great enthusiasm. "To make the gravy," came her enthusiastic reply.