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It would be hard to find a part of the cow 

 that is not useful. 



From her horns are made buttons and combs. 



Her hair is mixed with mortar for plaster. 



Her skin gives us shoes. 



Glue is made from her hoofs. 



Tallow candles and beef come from her fat 

 and flesh. 



And the farmer even uses her bones. 



He burns them. 



Then he spreads them over the ground. 



They make the soil much richer. 



Do you wonder that the farmer takes such 

 good care of his cows? 



THE JANUARY THAW 

 crystal trickle vain admired angry 



One year the winter was very, very cold. 



The Ice on the pond grew thick and strong. 



He was beautiful and smooth. 



He thought himself a crystal floor. 



And so he looked down upon the water below. 



One day he said : 



