Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-12
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THE PICNIC.

quite tired out. Quite tired out. Ejust
want to chew my cud and go to sleep!
But it was a delightful picnic, wasn't
tt?" ~
Eyes" said Miss Holstein, known as
Miss Hannah, 5aandJ believe it was
given especially forAps." ~
Indeed, said ahotlEer COW known
as Miss IIatfy. M W
Eyes, Tots Of farmers got together
who owned fine COWS and that is why
some of US were sold and exchanged.
You see we have come to a new home
Our master sold us, but we were sold
together" ~,
That's good" said Miss Hatty. Il
always get along well with you, though
I am not surhTan affeetionate creature.
I'd rather ,gfye g6asSup than chewing
my eudNahy~day." y
$50 would l." said Miss Hannah. J-
Ibid you see all the ice cream they,
had at the picnic?" asked Miss Hatty.,
3YRs5=fztitdi, aliens end gallons,
of it, said Miss Hannah; --z=z---=-->
Good of-us- to help make it.. said
Miss, HattE,. :. ~ 3-'1"s-A'- ''''t' -
II didn't help make it." said Miss
'HahnAhIc l5a . 2rIca .mas.n. "9
""OA' yeg2 you didJyou, often. help to
make ice cream" uauca r-fuca >aa
or Nos L don't, "1ssaid- Miss Hannah, III
ihayst never made, ice cream. I could
not turn the handle. or pack In the,
ice pr, anything like that" said Miss
Hannah. ave Seen the NfarrnetSg boy
doihg it, turning af6b1dhrd the fFGezer as
he Sat Oh the back steps, 1.ajn so
''lL"Ahd T'HaveheveF, neEer2helpedIhim,
IT. doh'ttsee how you4thinksE1couId. You
haven't much senses, 8ItsS,Hatty.l Gould
ElturRthat crank. with my tai, do you
sqppossea~s- s-lW ,r; ,aj s,,ru -.
Miss Hatty WAS was, ,.grippings g silly
cows. grin, .,,., - - @'l.
j., my dear Miss Hannah, I didn't say
that you helped freeze the ice creamj
But you do help to make 1t. Don't
y0di give milk and cre6m7""r3 lwr 10
"'sYes,HH said Miss Eannnh. IL
2,t'Wellj ithen, use your thinking cap"
ssiY4abayen'ts one" said, Miss Hannah.
'In tffact-4 aht.9aYffp't1 las gap at all. I've
meyer seen. the need Of It, and no one
has, ever, given, 1t to me. Sometimes
I've Thought I'd like bonnet with
long, f6ng feathers I could move about
and 'keeput1e'1iies away"
"Oh9Si said Miss Hatty, 81 am a
stupid COW but you are more stupid.
You are very, very stupid"
81 suppose 1 am" said Miss Hannah,
who didn't seem to mind in the least
being thought stupid.
"What 1 meant was" said Miss Hat
ty, that you should have stopped to
think, not really to put on cap or
hat, just to think"
"Oh, I see," said Miss Hannah, her
big eyes looking rather sleepily at Miss
Hatty.
swell, you admit now you have
helped with ice cream, don't your
eyes, I admit it." said Miss Hannah.
ooh, there were so many automo-
biles there today, so many rich farm
ers, so many, many excitements. And
the children ran races and some of
them won prizes. tell you that was
an honorable sort of a picnic for a
COW to be at" said Miss Hatty.
81 didn't know there were honorable
sorts Of picnics." said Miss Hannah.
"Well," said Miss Hatty, 81 mean it
was a sort Of a picnic which was so
fine that it was great honor for any
COW to be there"
"Yes, yes, but then we're superior
cows I've always heard" said Miss
Hannah. mot that it makes any diff
ference to me-"
at doesn't make much difference to
me-" said Miss Hatty, Though 1 sup
pose it is nice. We see so much of the
world, We go to county fairs and
exhibitions"
"Oh yes" said Miss Hannah, "but
they are all the same. People look at
us, we look at people, but the only
things that are really fun are sleeping,
eating, grazing, chewing our cud, and
whisking the flies away with our
tails"
"True," said Miss Hatty, "cows
aren't particular creatures about hav-
ing excitements."