Pasture Bedtime by Sigmund Brouwer

Author:Sigmund Brouwer [Brouwer, Sigmund]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459819160
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Craziest thing I’ve ever seen,” Mr. Langton said.

The group of four stood near a tractor with a forklift attachment on the front.

“Cows can’t climb trees,” Charlie said.

“Maybe not,” Mr. Langton said. He had a wide face and a friendly smile, and his coveralls were marked with dirt. He lifted his cap and scratched his bald head. “Except it’s there right in front of us. I’d be okay with a tree-climbing cow if she also knew how to get herself back down. She’s so upset, I’m afraid she’s going to hurt herself.”

Mr. Langton had to raise his voice to be heard above the bawling of the calf and the mooing of the cow. “And that calf hasn’t moved from the base of the tree for hours. It’s getting hungrier and hungrier and is crying for milk. I can’t get my tractor in too close in case I hurt it. And I don’t want to rope the poor calf. It’s already under enough stress.”

“What do you want to do with the tractor?” Amy asked.

“I want to raise the forklift above the cow,” Mr. Langton answered. “And then I can climb the tree and run some wide straps under the cow’s belly and attach them to the forklift. I should be able to lift the poor animal high enough to clear the branch and then set her down. Except the cow is too worked up right now. She’ll be kicking like crazy if I try to lift her. She might injure herself.”

“You were right to ask if I could bring some medicine to calm her down,” Selena said. “This shouldn’t be too tricky once we get the cow nice and dozy. Same for the calf.”

“Cows can’t climb trees,” Charlie said. He pulled out his notebook. This was twice now in two days that he’d needed to underline something.

Rule 59: Cows can’t climb trees.

No need for an exclamation point. This was a simple statement of fact. Except there was a cow in a tree right in front of him.

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