THE RED COW 



"But that is not where the cows were when jou 

 were looking at them before." 



"Why, yes it is." 



"I am sure it isn't." 



"Don't talk nonsense. Don't you think I can re- 

 member where the cows were when I was looking at 

 them.'' And that calf, or whatever it is, is lying ex- 

 actly where it was when I spoke to you about it." 



"But it was not there they were at all. And now 

 I can see the stone that was between them as clear 

 as can be." 



My temper was rising but I looked and saw a stone 

 about ten rods to the east of the object I was look- 

 ing at. A couple of questions brought out the fact 

 that we had not been looking at the same couple of 

 cows, nor at the same object on the ground. That 

 explained everything, and while we were settling the 

 matter the dark object I had been looking at got up 

 and began to stagger around on wobbly legs. It was 

 certainly a calf. But you can see the lesson to bo 

 learned from the incident, can't you.'' Before you 

 get into a red-hot argument with any one be sure 

 that you are talking about the same thing. Thus 



endeth the first lesson. 



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