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when his parents insisted that he come in to dinner. Some wag 

 came along while he was absent and picked up the mud man and 

 threw it into the pond where it disappeared. When the boy came 

 out after dinner his mud man was gone, leaving nothing but a 

 few tracks. Some days after this, the boy attended a sale with 

 his father, and there, to his surprise, he saw a little short, flat 

 headed man with one arm. He followed this man around from 

 place to place. Finally the man turned and asked him what he 

 wanted. The boy said "Oh, nothing." But the boy persisted in 

 following the man, and finally the man turned around greatly 

 annoyed and said "What do you want?" The boy replied "Why 

 did you go away before I finished you ?" 



In conclusion I must say "Care for your cows well and they 

 will care for you." 



