The Wondrous Cow

There was once a cow who lived on a farm. This farm was located just a few miles outside of Columbus, Ohio. Everybody knows that Columbus is one of the most innovative areas of the country! This was a very innovative farm with a very wondrous and innovative cow!

However, the farmer had way too many animals to keep track of – more than eighty animals! The farmer’s name was Tim Nelson.

Tim was feeding the sheep when a little kitty got separated from its mother. The kitty was wandering around, lost. The bad thing was, Tim was digging a hole in the backyard for a firepit. Farmers work very hard. At the end of a long, hard day they like to relax around a campfire. Tim was just beginning to dig this hole, and it was just big enough for this poor, cute little kitty to get stuck in. But Tim never even gave this a thought. Oh, no!

It was getting toward lunch time, so Tim went inside where his wife, Sue Nelson, was fixing up some soup. Meanwhile, the kitty was near the hole, and then she fell in! The kitty’s fur didn’t help at all, because it was all black. The poor kitty blended right into the hole!

After lunch, Tim got into his tractor to make the hole bigger. There was a cow watching the whole thing. The cow’s name was Lilly. Right before Tim could start digging, Lilly ran toward him since Tim forgot to latch the gate, and Lilly was able to run free.

Lilly lunged in front of Tim and he quickly hit the brakes. Tim came out and said, “What’s wrong, Lilly? You should be in your pen!”

Lilly clutched her teeth into Tim’s flannel farm shirt and pulled him over to the kitty.

“Oh, no, little fella! Are you ok?” Tim cried. Tim carefully took the kitty out of the hole and back to its mother.

“Hmmm. I’m gonna name you ‘Lucky’ because you were very LUCKY!” Tim said. “Thank you, Lilly. If it wasn’t for you, Lucky would have died. I have to tell Sue!” Just then Sue came outside to hang laundry on the clothesline.

“Sue! Sue! Guess what?!” Tim yelled. “A kitty almost died, but Lilly saved her!”

“Lilly saved our adorable kitty?!” Sue cried. She was astonished! “We have to

tell the town!”

After the town knew, pretty soon the whole state of Ohio knew. Then the whole United States knew! But Lilly still had more fame to come. Instead of ‘Lilly’ her name became ‘The Wondrous Cow’.