The farmer's boy . nually stepping away from him sidewise, and he hadto keep edging after her with his stool. These unex-pected and uncalled-for dodges made the streams of milkgo astray, and he got his overalls and boots well splashedas one of the results. Another was that he lost his temperand dealt the cow a fierce rap with his fist. That madematters worse instead of better. The cow seemed to haveno notion of what the lad w^as chastising her for, and be-came Hveher than ever. It sometimes happened in theend, that the cow gave the boy a sudden ])oke with a hindfoot that sent him sprawling — ]
The farmer's boy . nually stepping away from him sidewise, and he hadto keep edging after her with his stool. These unex-pected and uncalled-for dodges made the streams of milkgo astray, and he got his overalls and boots well splashedas one of the results. Another was that he lost his temperand dealt the cow a fierce rap with his fist. That madematters worse instead of better. The cow seemed to haveno notion of what the lad w^as chastising her for, and be-came Hveher than ever. It sometimes happened in theend, that the cow gave the boy a sudden ])oke with a hindfoot that sent him sprawling — ])ail, stool, and all. When a boy got into trouble, he always felt that the bestthing he could do was to hunt u]) his mother. Thatwas what our boy who met disaster in tlu cow stable left his lantern behind, but he carried in the ])ail wiihthe (lri])l)le of milk and foam ihal was still \vi\ in llu bot-tom. His mother was cutting a loaf of l)read on the su])])ertable. .\re you through so soon? she asked. Why,. Crumbs jor I he bird Winter II Frank, whats the trouble? she continued, noticing hiswoe-begone cow kicked me! repHed mother got excited, and stepped over to examinehim. Well, I should say so ! she exclaimed. Yourecompletely plastered from head to foot. Spilt all the milk,too, didnt you? Well, well, whats the matter with theold cow? I do know, replied Frank, tearfully. She just upand kicked me right over. Well, never mind, said his mother, soothinglv. Youneednt try to milk her any more to-night. You bettertie her legs together next time. Shes real hateful, thatcow is. Ive seen the way shell hook around the othercows lots of times. Here, you run into the bedroom, andIll get your Sunday clothes for you to change into. Waita minute till I lay down a newspaper for you to jnit yourold duds on. A little later Frank went out to the barn and broughtin the lantern. Then he sat down to sujjper, and by thetime he had eaten ten mouthfuls of bread and milk hefe
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