38 Domestic Animals 



boss so. She is very thirsty. She will drink as 

 much as a pailful usually." 



"What does she eat?" 



"Grass in summer. I keep her in that pasture 

 behind that hill then, and my boy, Johnnie, drives 

 her out and back morning and night. I wish 

 Johnnie was here to see all you nice little people, 

 but he has gone out to the farm to stay with grand- 

 mother until after Thanksgiving. Now that it is 

 cold, I keep the cow in the barn, and she eats hay and 

 meal. Come and see her teeth. She has strong 

 back teeth in both jaws, but she has no teeth in 

 front in her upper jaw. In place of teeth she has 

 a ridge of skin, hard as bone. See what thick lips 

 she has! She pushes them out to take the hay and 

 licks it in with her tongue. See how long and rough 

 her tongue is! Feel of her nose! It is always 

 moist. 



"Oh! I must tell you a little more about the way 

 she eats. When she bites off the grass or hay she 

 does not really eat it at first, but she packs it away 

 in a bag that she has inside of her big body. Isn't 

 that a queer way to do ? When the bag is full, the 

 grass, or whatever she has eaten, comes up into her 



