THE RED COW 



that they no longer favour us with illuminating inter- 

 views, and I am afraid that if the cows get too much 

 mixed up they will not give down either. 



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Of course, I may be wrong in accusing the turkey 

 gobbler of cursing, but I do not think so. No mat- 

 ter what language man uses, if he speaks as earn- 

 estly as that gobbler and in the same tone of voice, 

 it is perfectly safe for a policeman to run him in on 

 a charge of using "profane and abusive language," 

 and the court interpreter will show that he was 

 right. Moreover, the gobbler has had family 

 troubles to try his temper this summer. Two flocks 

 of his children were raised by hens, and in spite of 

 his strutting and blandishments they refuse to have 

 anything to do with him. Instead they obey the 

 clucking of the mother hen, and "tweet" disdainfully 

 at their haughty sire. In addition, his lawful spouse 

 doesn't seem to care to have him around while she 

 is looking after her flock. She is apparently a 

 suff^ragette and quite competent to look after her 

 own affairs. Even when a thunderstorm comes up 

 the youngsters do not turn to the old man for pro- 

 tection. That led to a rather pathetic picture a 

 short time ago. A sudden storm roused the patern,aj 



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