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find out something more about her/' it having been 

 discovered that cows were not very familiar animals. 



The next day Miss Clare said, "Would you like 

 to play 'going visiting' ?" Taking a chart from the 

 wall the children saw sketched on the board a faint 

 suggestion of a house and near by a snug little barn. 



"My friend, Mr. Brown, lives here. This cow 

 (the one drawn the day before) belongs to him. 

 See! he is just going to take her out for a drink of 

 water." (Sketching a halter round her neck, and 

 a watering trough close by.) "Let us ask him to 

 tell us about her. 



" I will be Mr. Brown " - putting one of the boy's 

 caps on her head -- "and you may ask me anything 

 you like." 



"What color is your cow, Mr. Brown?" 



"She is red and white, but my neighbor has one 

 that is black and white and another that is all red." 



"How big is she?" 



"How large? Well, when I stand beside her 

 (sketching in a man's head behind the cow), you can 

 see my head, neck, and shoulders; but if one of you 

 small boys should stand the other side of her we 

 couldn't see you at all, unless it was your feet. So, 



